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Historical Sketch 

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COLUABIA 

TYPOGRAPHICAL 

UNION 

Number One Hundred and One 

(Known as Columbia Typographical Society from 1815 to 1867) 



WASHINGTON. D. C. 
1915 






Compiled by 

GEORGE G. SEIBOLD 

Secretary 



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Columbia Typographical 
Society 

1815 to 1867 

IMPRESSED with a need of reliance on 
Divine Providence in the duty of com- 
mitting to paper a partial record of our 
organization from its inception, like the 
pioneers, who, in 1815, bespoke the benign 
influence of the Creator, I breathe a prayer 
for guidance, as well as of gratitude for the 
watchcare that has made it possible for us to 
progress as we have, and for the privilege of 
helping to shape the destinies of Columbia 
Typographical Union, No. 101, as its secretary, 
for over a decade. 

It is no easy task to condense so lengthy a 
record as has been ours with entire satisfaction 
either to myself or others at interest, so the 
reader will kindly bear with me if I fail to 
perpetuate happenings which, in his opinion, 
should have been set down. 

I have never read the declaration of prin- 
ciples as recorded in the century-old book still 
in possession of the Union without feeling that 
it expresses the sentiment of our present-day 
membership, and my only regret is that I 
am unable to name its exact author, although 
he was one of a committee consisting of Messrs. 
Lewis, Coyle, Gideon, and Suter. 



The cornerstone of the Columbia Typo- 
graphical Society, as expressed in the declara- 
tion of principles referred to, was laid on 
January 7, 1815, and was as follows: 

Whereas experience having proven that 
the association of individuals and the forma- 
tion of societies, for the express purpose of 
benevolence, have seldom, if ever, failed to 
meet the sanction of both God and man, we, 
therefore, with these ends in view, and by this 
incontrovertible truth, strongly impressed with 
the hope that our endeavor will, in like 
manner, merit the commendation of all good 
men, and draw down upon all our under- 
takings the benign influence of our Creator, 
do unite and form ourselves as one body for 
the mutual benefit of each, binding ourselves 
one to the other in the manner following. 

Just how nearly akin were the promptings 
of humanity a century ago and at the present 
time can be gathered from the fact that the 
original Constitution of the Society contained 
a provision "that the sum of $15 be allowed 
from the funds of the Society to the widow 
or nearest relative of any deceased member, 
for the purpose of defraying funeral expenses, 
&zc." The same principle governs us today, 
the only difference being in the amount. 

Although the names of the organizers have 
been contained in previous publications of the 
Union, I deem it but fitting that they should 
be presented here, to the end that we may 
honor their memory and exhibit pride in the 
achievement of men who builded better than 
they knew. They are as follows : 



Alexander Graham, Andrew Tate, Francis 
Burke, Jacob Gideon, Jr., F. Coyle, Peter C. 
Konkle, H. C. Lewis, Henry Martin, John H. 
Wade, David McKenna, Christopher Byrne, 
William Righter, John Allen, Robert Allen, 
W. T. Nowlands, John Hine, James Pettigrew, 
John Erskine, John Morrison, Alex. I. Law- 
rence, Wm. Dougherty, H. G. Foster, James B. 
Carter, Robert Dodson, Augustin P. Searing, 
D. Tuttle, D. Force, T. Byrne, John Suter and 
W. S. D. Grusko. 

On January 7, 1815, organization was per- 
fected by the election of the first officers. 
Alexander Graham was chosen president; 
William Duncan, vice president ; Andrew Tate, 
treasurer, and John Suter, secretary. 

From the early minutes of the Society, it 
would appear that the dues were payable 
at the meetings, as they show that "the 
minutes having been read and the monthly 
4 contributions' collected," the meeting pro- 
ceeded to the consideration of such business 
as was on hand. 

In March, 1815, a set of By-Laws were 
adopted, and as they contain some interesting 
ones a summary of the same is herewith 
presented : 

That no debate shall take place on any subject 
which is not reduced to writing; all unfinished business 
shall be first in order, unless otherwise directed by a 
majority of votes; the president, vice president, 
treasurer and secretary shall not be liable to serve 
on any committee; all resolutions to be read three times 
before passage; the presiding officer shall, during the 
hours of business, have his head uncovered; in debate, 
each member rising to speak shall address, "Mr. 



President," with his head uncovered, and shall remain 
so until he resumes his seat; no one to leave room with- 
out permission. 

What seems to have been a method of pro- 
cedure peculiar to the Society was the plan 
of electing officers without nomination, as 
it is recorded in the early years of its history, 
in electing officers, or filling a vacancy, no 
nominations being made, that "Messrs. So- 
and So were appointed tellers of election, and 
reported that the following had been elected." 

Notices having been sent to Typographical 
Societies in other cities of the adoption of a 
scale of prices, the first acknowledgment, in 
which co-operation was promised, came from 
Peter Force, on Aug. 15, 1815. Peter Force 
was then president of New York Typographical 
Society, and later became a member of Columbia 
Typographical Society. He was Mayor of the 
City of Washington, in 1836, and as such his 
picture hangs in the Municipal Building in 
this city. Credit for the suggestion of a 
uniform rate to govern societies throughout 
the country, which rightfully belongs to 
Columbia Typographical Society, is given 
in the "History of the Typographical Union," 
issued by the I. T. U. in 1913, to the New 
York Society, which suggested the matter 
some years later. 

On Dec. 23, 1815, the Society considered the 
advisability of celebrating its first anniversary, 
but finally decided to forego that pleasure. 

The first expulsion from the Society, which 
was for being in arrears nine months, occurred 
on April 6, 1816, while on July 5, 1816, the 



Society passed its first meeting, due to the 
lack of a quorum ; Robert Dodson was granted 
permission to withdraw from the Society, 
Aug. 5, 1816, which was the first loss for that 
reason. 

The attitude of the early societies in regard 
to those who violated their objects is clearly 
set forth in a communication from the Albany 
Society, under date of Oct. 4, 1816, which 
states : 

All bodies formed for the purpose of maintaining 
the rights of those concerned therein, while at the 
same time they afford relief in cases of distress, ought 
to possess the means of holding up to the contempt of 
those societies who have the same just and benevolent 
ends in view such persons as, either from self-interest 
or perverseness, endeavor to defeat the objects of 
such associations. 

In March, 1817, the Society decided that a 
copy of the Constitution and "List of Prices" 
was sufficiently valuable to the membership 
to charge for, and it was therefore decided to 
require each member to pay 12^ cents per 
copy. 

During the first three years of its existence 
the Society had no less than 14 secretaries, 
6 of whom were temporary. 

That the Society did not regard Alexandria 
as coming under its jurisdiction is shown by 
the minutes of Jan. 3, 1818, which so declares, 
although this view was not the sentiment of 
the entire membership. 

The Society prospered financially, as well as 
numerically. What appears to have been the 
first general statement was submitted to the 



Society on Feb. 7, 1818, after three years of its 
existence, the showing being — Receipts from 
all sources, $217.75; expenditures, $57.06. 

The veneration in which the Constitution of 
the Society was held is apparent in the report 
of a committee appointed to revise it, dated 
April 4, 1818, as follows: "In taking into 
consideration the importance of the trust 
committed to them, it was with diffidence 
that they approached so sacred an instrument 
as that form of government which bound them 
to each other by the most solemn ties." And 
no less impressive than the original declaration 
of principles is the preamble which accompanied 
the revision, as follows : 

Whereas the formation of societies for the better 
securing and more effectually maintaining the privileges 
and prerogatives of any well-disposed class of men is 
consonant with, and sanctioned by, every principle of 
justice and equity, and 

Whereas the association of individuals for the 
purpose of benevolence is, we have a right to believe, 
approved by the Deity, while it meets with the wishes 
of every liberal-minded member of the community, 

We, therefore, actuated by these motives, do unite 
ourselves as one body for the mutual benefit of each, 
binding ourselves one to the other in form and manner 
following. 

A seal for the Society, which had been a 
matter of concern for a considerable time, was 
finally determined upon at the Dec. 5, 1818, 
meeting, and is described as follows : 

The seal to be of a circular form ; near the bottom of 
the circle a press, surmounted by an eagle, holding in 
its beak the motto, "E Pluribus Unum," over which, 

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around the top of the circle, the motto, "The Preserva- 
tive Art;" on one side of the press a Bible, and on the 
other the front page of a newspaper, the wings of the 
eagle to rest upon the two latter; around the lower part 
of the circle the words, "Columbia Typographical 
Society. " 

The seal was procured Feb. 6, 1819. 

In 1821 the Society had reached such a 
stage of financial prosperity that the funds, 
which had remained in the hands of the 
treasurer, became a matter of concern and 
caused steps to be taken looking to the loaning 
of the money to the members at interest or 
depositing the same in bank, all plans being 
temporarily defeated, although Samuel Harris 
later succeeded in borrowing $250 from the 
Society on two lots held by him, which sum 
was later returned to the Society with interest. 
The practice of loaning the funds afterward 
became general, a number of members availing 
themselves of the privilege. The annual 
expenditures up to this time amounted to 
only $16.81. The question of incorporating 
was also considered, but was decided in the 
negative. 

A report submitted by Secretary William 
Kerr, Jr., showed that 78 persons had joined 
the Society up to January, 1 822, and by reason 
of the information contained in this report a 
system of disbursement was presented which 
is the same method in vogue at present, 
being by vouchers signed by the president 
and attested by the secretary. 

At the conclusion of the meeting held Jan. 
3, 1 824, the celebration of the ninth anniversary 



of the Society was observed, and as it appears 
to have been the first important observance 
of the kind up to this point, the following 
account is reproduced from the records : 

Immediately after adjournment, the members of 
the Society, in conjunction with a number of gentlemen 
of the profession, proceeded to Mr. Carusi's Assembly 
Room, where they partook of a supper, provided for 
the occasion of celebrating the ninth anniversary of 
the Society. The guests who politely favored the supper 
by their presence are: Mr. Gales, Mr. Seaton, Mr. 
Agg, Mr. Haughton, General Rogers, Mr. Weightman, 
Mr. Carter, Mr. Davis, Mr. Cooper, and Mr. DeKrafft. 
Mr. Elliott, Mr. Way, Mr. Gideon, Major Davidson, 
and Mr. Meehan were among the invited guests, but 
did not attend; besides whom there were, of the pro- 
fession, not less than fifty, rendering, by decorum, the 
evening agreeable as it was interesting and improving. 
Numerous toasts and technical sentiments were drank, 
illustrative and approbatory of the Art of Printing. 
Mr. Severance, a member of the Society, after the 
second set toast was drank, addressed the company 
in an appropriate manner on the subject of "Printing." 
The supper was furnished at two dollars each one. 
Mr. Delano (vice president) presided, assisted by 
Mr. Francis Coyle as vice president. 

At various stages during the existence of the 
Society other anniversaries were celebrated, 
the most notable of which was the fiftieth, an 
account of which occurs further on. 

In July, 1824, the Society participated as a 
body in the celebration of the anniversary of 
Independence Day, of which the following is 
recorded : 

On this occasion the Society, which was very respect- 
ably attended, displayed two banners. The Ramage 

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press was drawn along in the procession, throwing off 
copies of the Declaration of Independence. The 
press, drawn by four horses, was safely conveyed, and 
presented one of the most interesting scenes called 
forth by the occasion. 

Each member wore a silver composing rule 
as a badge, purchased by the Society, and it is 
recorded that F. G. Fish presented a lengthy 
protest to the next meeting, not against 
participation in the celebration, but against 
"the use of the funds of the Society contrary 
to the objects of the same." 

At the meeting held Jan. 1, 1825, two mem- 
bers of the Society, having paid dues promptly 
for ten years, were "exonerated" from the 
further payment. 

By an amendment to the Constitution in 
March, 1825, it was provided that "the funds 
of the Society shall never be divided among, or 
become the private property of, the members, 
but shall remain a permanent and distinct 
fund for the objects specified in the preceding 
section while seven resident members shall be 
opposed to such division." The objects speci- 
fied were "the relief of sick and distressed 
members, their widows and orphans, for 
defraying the funeral expenses of deceased 
members, and for paying all necessary con- 
tingent expenses." 

July 13, 1826, at a special meeting, the 
Society took note of the passing away of "the 
two most distinguished and venerated patriots 
of the Republic: Thomas Jefferson and John 
Adams, one the immortal author of the Decla- 
ration of Independence, the other the pillar of 
its support in the Congress of 1776." 

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At the twelfth anniversary of the Society 
on Jan. 6, 1827, Samuel H. Smith presented the 
following sentiment: "The Printing Press and 
the Steam Engine — May the one be as pre- 
eminently powerful by the condensation of 
mind as the other is by that of matter." 

The Society did not look with favor upon 
honorary membership in the earlier years, as 
is evidenced by its action upon a resolution 
offered at the February, 1827, meeting, provid- 
ing for the same, which was laid on the table. 

A blue silk sash, to be worn by the president 
in the public processions of the Society, was 
procured July 7, 1827. 

In August, 1828, an article on " Intemperance 
Among Printers," published in a Boston paper, 
agitated the Society considerably, a committee 
appointed to investigate the matter reporting 
that it was not deemed wise to attempt to 
pass judgment on happenings in a jurisdiction 
so far removed. The following extract from 
correspondence on the subject, by C. G. 
Greene, is worthy of note: 

Printers number among their brethren men whose 
talents, genius, and patriotism have rendered them an 
honor to their country and a blessing to the world. 
Who are the most able conductors of the Press at this 
moment? Printers. Printers whose only school has 
been a printing office (the best place on earth to learn 
human nature), and who by their industry and perse- 
verance have become a class of men second to none in 
America in point of character and influence. 

The By-Laws of the Society were amended on 
Dec. 6, 1828, to provide that "the hours of 
meeting shall be as follows: From the first 

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Saturday in April to the first Saturday in 
October, inclusive, at early candle light, and 
from the first Saturday in November to the 
first Saturday in March, inclusive, at 7 o'clock 
P. M." 

The latter part of 1828 and the fore part of 
1829 developed a tendency on the part of the 
membership to borrow the funds of the 
organization. Upon proper security being 
given sums up to $500 were loaned at suitable 
interest. Some of these loans the Societv had 
considerable difficulty in collecting. 

In December, 1829, it became known that a 
member was working in Georgetown below 
the established rate of the Society, whereupon 
the question of jurisdiction was considered. 
This being decided in the affirmative, the 
offending member was expelled, on March 
6, 1830. 

At a special meeting held Oct. 19, 1830, it 
was resolved "that this Society will take pleas- 
ure in uniting with the mechanics and other 
workingmen of the City of Washington, and 
with their fellow citizens in general, in the 
public celebration proposed to be held on 
Thursday, the 28th instant, commemorative 
of the late glorious revolution in France." 

The account of the celebration states that 
the Society joined the procession south of the 
President's House and marched to the Capitol. 
The military companies of the District led the 
procession, "followed by the President of the 
United States and other high officials of the 
Government; then came the French Legation 
and the orator of the day, Gen. Walter Jones, 

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the committee of arrangements, the surviving 
officers of the revolution, the natives of France 
residing in the District, carrying the tri-color, 
with the distinguished General Bernard at their 
head; the corporate District authorities, socie- 
ties of the city, and citizens generally." 

Nothing of special significance is then 
recorded until 1834, and the intervening time 
between the last-mentioned date and 1899 has 
been so well covered by the History of the 
Society contained in the First Yearbook of 
Columbia Typographical Union that I have 
drawn largely from the same, and wish to 
acknowledge my indebtedness to the author, 
Mr. P. J. Haltigan, at present reading clerk 
of the House of Representatives, for informa- 
tion derived from that source. 

In 1834 the Society numbered 183. With 
the increasing number of societies elsewhere, 
it was considered a propitious time to enter 
into closer affiliation with kindred bodies, and 
in March of that year a resolution was con- 
sidered looking to that end. Although several 
efforts were made to secure favorable action, 
they were fruitless. 

The first boycott by the Society is recorded 
in 1834. Gen. Duff Green, editor of the 
U. S. Telegraph, boasted at a banquet that it 
was his intention to employ a large number of 
children to take the place of journeymen then 
employed by him, so as to raise a respectable 
class of men in their places. Subsequently he 
introduced non-union printers and two-third 
apprentices into his office, in consequence of 
which a boycott was declared by the Society 

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against his establishment, and the prosecution 
of several members followed. The trouble con- 
tinued until 1837,when the strike was declared 
off, the office in the meantime having changed 
ownership. 

An effort to organize a National Society was 
again made Dec. 5, 1835, but it was not until 
nearly a year later that a gathering of delegates 
from the different Typographical Societies 
for that purpose met in Washington, nothing 
materializing from it. 

In September, 1837, a meeting of what was 
called a National Typographical Society was 
held in New York, at which New York, 
Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Baltimore, Cincin- 
nati, Mobile, New Orleans and Washington 
were represented, the last-named by Messrs. 
Clephane and Handley. The several meetings 
were very beneficial, and out of them the 
organization of the National Typographical 
Union in 1852 at Cincinnati no doubt resulted, 
although Columbia Typographical Society did 
not then become a member. 

In the light of the wonderful development 
of the typesetting machine, a letter from J. D. 
Hill, of Warrenton, Va., in 1840, requesting the 
Society to lend its assistance in promoting a 
machine for setting and distributing type by 
acquiring the patent right for the District, is 
prophetic. Just what the printers of that day 
thought of the idea is shown by the action on 
the request, the secretary being directed to 
promptly inform Mr. Hill of their declination. 

During the most of the forties, the Society 
pursued the even tenor of its way, routine 
matters generally taking up the time. 

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When the movement for the erection of the 
Washington Monument was started in 1849, 
the Society decided to be represented by a 
stone, and raised by subscription among its 
members more than sufficient for that purpose, 
the surplus being turned over to the Monument 
Association. The stone was procured and 
occupies a prominent place in the splendid 
shaft, being inscribed as follows : 

Presented 
By the Columbia Typographical Society, 

(Instituted January, 1815), 

As a Memento of Their Veneration for 

The Father of his Country. 

The original scale of prices adopted by the 
Society remained unchanged until 1850, and 
was as follows : 

During session of Congress, $10 per week; 
working on Sunday, $2; during recess of Con- 
gress, $9 per week; piecework, 28 cents per 
1,000 ems for brevier and larger types; less 
than brevier, 3 3 ^3 cents per 1,000 ems. 

In 1850, however, agitation was started 
which resulted in increasing the weekly scale to 
$ 1 2, although the piece rates remained as before. 

The death of Henry Clay in 1852 was re- 
corded in the minutes of the Society by the 
adoption of resolutions reciting "that the 
Columbia Typographical Society has heard 
with emotions of deep sensibility the death of 
Henry Clay, the wise statesman, the true 
patriot, and the National and firm friend of 
the rights of man in every clime/* 

The readiness of the Society to lend assist- 
ance to a sister society is shown when a strike 
of Baltimore printers occurred in February, 

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1853, and an appeal was made to the Washing- 
ton Society for financial aid. At a special 
meeting it was agreed to circulate a voluntary 
subscription list among the members, by which 
a goodly sum was realized. 

October 14, 1854, the scale of prices under- 
went another change, fourteen dollars per week 
becoming the wages, with piece rates unchanged. 
Strange as it may appear, the demand for an 
increase was cheerfully yielded. 

From the earliest years of the Society's 
career ten hours constituted a day's work. 
Proposed changes in the scale of prices or 
hours of labor were looked upon with great 
disfavor and usually, in the very conservative 
deliberations of the Society, were quickly 
squelched. But there were many men fully 
alive to the necessity of advancement, the late 
William R. McLean and John G. Judd being 
splendid specimens of those who sought to 
ameliorate existing evils. Geo. A. R. McNeir, 
the first president of Columbia Typographical 
Union and at present a member of No. 101, 
was among the young men who were ever on 
the alert to bring about a better condition of 
affairs among the craft. 

Resolutions providing for an eight-hour day 
were first considered by the Society in 1857, 
and although they were not adopted at that 
time, they were the forerunner of the agitation 
which later resulted in a partial adoption of 
that system, which has now become universal 
among the craft. 

In December, 1859, a silver composing- 
stick and rule were presented to Michael Caton, 
a pressman, who had then completed his 

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twenty-fifth year as treasurer of the Society, 
the presentation address being made by 
William R. McLean. Mr. Caton joined the 
Society in 1817, pressmen being then affiliated 
with the Society. 

The death of Mr. Joseph Gales, which 
occurred in July, 1860, called forth an apprecia- 
tive expression from the Society, Mr. Gales 
being "one of the honored heads of the National 
Intelligencer and an old and much-valued friend 
and fellow-craftsman.' * 

The Society attended his funeral in a body 
and invited the book-binders "and all others 
connected with the profession" to take part 
in the obsequies. 

The breaking out of the Civil War brought 
with it a demand for an increase in the scale 
of prices, a move which succeeded without 
friction owing to the necessities of the time, 
the Government Printing Office also readily 
conceding the demand. 

An amendment calling for an eight-hour day, 
adopted in November, 1861 , was later repealed, 
owing to the difficulty of enforcing it in the 
newly established Government Printing Office. 

The sentiment looking to affiliation with the 
National Typographical Union manifested itself 
strongly in 1863, but was vigorously opposed 
by some of the members, nothing resulting 
from the agitation. 

The death of John C. Rives, proprietor of the 
Globe, the official record of Congress in those 
days, was lamented in appropriate resolutions, 
the Society assembling in Government Printing 
Office Square and attending the funeral in a 
body. His death occurred April 1 1, 1864. 

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The continuance of the war and the existing 
high prices caused the Society to again revise 
its scale in 1864, when the weekly rate was 
increased from $18 to $21 and piecework from 
50 to 60 cents per 1,000 ems. In November 
of that year the weekly scale was increased 
to $24. 

In 1864 the Society extended an invitation 
to the National Typographical Union to hold its 
meeting in Washington in 1865, the fiftieth 
anniversary year, which invitation was de- 
clined, and it is now also a matter of history 
that an invitation to the International Typo- 
graphical Union to hold its gathering of 1915 
in Washington to assist Columbia Typograph- 
ical Union in celebrating its one-hundredth 
anniversary was also declined. 

The celebration of the fiftieth anniversary 
of the Society, which eclipsed all previous 
occasions, was participated in by about 150 
members and a number of invited guests. The 
officers of the Society were : John C. C. Whaley , 
president ; George A. R. McNeir, vice president ; 
Jesse J. Judge, financial secretary; E. Mac- 
Murray, corresponding and recording secretary, 
and Michael Caton, treasurer. 

The celebration took place on January 7, 
1865, being held at the Seaton House, and 
the supper was "gotten up in superb style by 
Sluyter." The Finley Hospital Band, led by 
Professor Lilly, a member of the Society, 
furnished the music. 

The newspaper account of the affair occupied 
three 18-inch columns of what is now known as 
six point. 

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That the members of the old Society gave 
proper attention to the wants of the inner man 
is very apparent from the reading of the 
following "Bill of Fare" 

SOUP 

Mock Turtle Oyster 

REMOVES 

Pickled Oysters Fried Oysters 

COLD ORNAMENTAL DISHES 

Pate de Giber en Croute 
Jambon Westphalie, a la Gelee 
Galantine de Chapon, au Truffe sur Socie 
Chicken Salad decore 
Buffalo Tongues a la Gelee 

HOT ENTREES 

Filet of Beef a la Toulouse 
Supreme de Dindenaux 
Cutlets a Paryarsky, a la Russe 
Timball of Macaroni a la Milanaise 

GAME 

Red Head Ducks Canvas Back Ducks 

Prairie Chickens Pheasants Quail 

PASTRY 

Calves' Foot Jelly Champagne Jelly 

Blanc Mange Sponge Cake Pound Cake 

Ornaments 

DESSERT 

Apples Oranges Almeira Grapes 

Vanilla Ice Cream Strawberry Ice Cream 

Orange Sherbet 
Champagne 

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The invited guests included Hon. Schuyler 
Colfax, Speaker of the House of Representa- 
tives; Hon. Richard Wallach, Mayor of 
Washington; John G. Nicolay, the President's 
private secretary; J. D. Defrees, Superintend- 
ent of Public Printing; Mr. William Faxon, 
chief clerk of the Navy Department ; Paymaster 
Cunninghan, of the Navy; Hon. Horatio King, 
Hon. James Baldwin, Hon. Ambrose W. Clark, 
Hon. James Brooks, L. A. Gobright, of the 
Associated Press, Ben: Perley Poore, Esq., 
and others. 

After discussing the bill of fare, Mr. J. C. C. 
Whaley, president of the Society, introduced 
the speakers and announced the toasts, which 
were repeated by Vice President G. A. R. 
McNeir, who presided at a separate table, as 
follows : 

J. C. C. Whaley — The Fiftieth Anniversary of the 
Columbia Typographical Society: A festive day whose 
saddest and holiest thought is the memory of those 
who dedicated the first. 

Hon. Schuyler Colfax — Our Country: May it pass 
safely through the storm of battle and of blood, and 
soon become, as its founders intended, the abode of 
peace, the sanctuary of the oppressed, and an indubi- 
table example of the capacity of man for self-govern- 
ment. 

Mr. John G. Nicolay — The President of the United 
States: The occupant of the highest station within the 
gift of man. May all his energies be devoted to the 
welfare of our common country, and may no action of 
his or of his successors lead us to forget that they fill 
a place immortalized in history by having been once 
occupied by George Washington. 

Hon. James Brooks — The Constitution of the United 
States: A monument of wisdom, reared by our patriotic 

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forefathers. Let not Folly seek to destroy its beauty 
and symmetry, nor Wickedness attempt to tear down 
what Virtue has built upon the solid foundations of 
Truth and Justice. 

Mr. William Faxon — The Army and Navy: Twin 
giants to whom are committed the guardianship of our 
flag and the defense of our country. May their 
leaders constantly remember the sacredness of their 
trusts and take no step which will not tend to the glory 
of one or the advancement of the other. 

Our Deceased Members: They have solved the great 
problem and the wisdom of the past is now an open 
book before them. May all our actions be such as can 
be properly justified in their sight. (Drank standing 
and in silence.) 

The Art of Printing: The recorder and preserver of 
all others. Without it history would be but tradition 
and all the arts and sciences unknown. 

The name of the gentleman who responded 
to this toast is not given in the record. 

Hon. James Baldwin, proprietor of the Worcester 
Spy — The Press: The safeguard of liberty; the universal 
school of the people; the true Archimedian lever, 
destined to raise the masses to the highest level of 
civilization. 

Hon. Horatio King — Benjamin Franklin: The 
Printer, Patriot, Philosopher and Statesman. The 
craft's noblest ornament, Humanity's benefactor, and 
America's Son. 

L. A. Gobright — Woman: A clean proof of nature's 
last and best work; the theme of artists and poets. 
But all the gifts of either are unequal to the task of 
portraying her graces or her worth. 

John Landvoight, President of the Bookbinders' 
Association — The Printer and Bookbinder: One prepares 
the jewel, the other the casket in which to preserve it. 
May they always be full bound in the ties of good 
fellowship. 

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Other toasts and speakers were: "Legisla- 
tive and Judiciary," Hon. Ambrose W. Clark, 
of New York; "The Telegraph," Ben:Perley 
Poore; "The Federal City," Mayor Wallach; 
'The Typographical Society of Washington," 
Crosby S. Noyes. 

The following note appears at the conclusion 
of the account of the celebration : 

(Note. — When the Centennial Anniversary is 
celebrated, fifty years hence, when, probably, not one 
"form" that graced the festive board on this occasion 
will be left "standing" but all gone to "pi" in Mother 
Earth, I would kindly ask that the then Secretary read 
the foregoing account of the celebration of the Fiftieth 
Anniversary of the Society. 

E. MacMurray, 

Secretary.) 

This request was complied with. 

The old imposing stone upon which was 
drafted the Constitution of the Society in 1815 
was presented to the organization by George S. 
Gideon during the progress of the celebration, 
provision having been made to place it in the 
custody of Michael Caton. It is now in 
possession of Columbia Union. 

A committee was appointed at a special 
meeting April 15, 1865, consisting of William 
R. McLean, J. G. Judd, Daniel Harbaugh, 
Charles B. Hough, and O. H. Reid, to draft 
resolutions on the death of President Lincoln. 
The resolutions, unanimously adopted, were as 
follows : 

Whereas, On the night of the 14th of April, in the 
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 
sixty-five, by the hand of an assassin, the noble, the 
artless, the generous, and the philanthropic spirit of 

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Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of 
America, was suddenly launched into eternity, and 
his country thereby, in the midst of her jubilant 
rejoicings over glorious triumphs and the happy pros- 
pect of Peace and Union — so long and ardently toiled 
for by him — engulfed in a flood of sorrow, horror and 
mourning; therefore — 

Resolved, By the Columbia Typographical Society, 
That we deeply feel this lamentable event to be a 
National affliction, and while mingling our tears with 
those of our fellow-citizens for the great calamity our 
country has sustained, would express the hope that 
those upon whom his mantle falls may safely pilot 
the nation to the haven of peace, union, and love so 
earnestly sought by our lamented, late President: 

Resolved, further, That as a mark of the respect we 
feel for the lamented deceased, the Columbia Typo- 
graphical Society will attend the funeral in a body, 
and wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. 

The seed sown in the early days of the 
Society for an eight-hour day began to take 
root in 1865, the movement having spread to 
other trades. Mass meetings, torchlight pro- 
cessions and other means were employed to 
arouse public interest in the movement. A 
memorial was presented to Congress setting 
forth the views of the workingmen. 

It was not until October, 1866, however, 
that the scale of prices of the Society was 
amended providing that eight hours should con- 
stitute a day's work from the 1st of October to 
the 31st of March and ten hours from the 1st 
of April to the 30th of September, inclusive. 
A lengthy protest was presented by the em- 
ploying printers to the Comptroller against 
the granting of the hours in the Government 
Printing Office and the Society was notified of 

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their refusal to concede the demand in their 
own offices, but these protests were afterward 
withdrawn and the scale established. 

A strike occurred in the Government Printing 
Office when an effort was made to enforce the 
amendment, but lasted a short time, a com- 
munication granting the scale being received, 
as follows : 

Office Superintendent of Public Printing, 
Washington, Oct. 22, 1866. 

Sir: Yours of this date, on behalf of the committee 
of the Columbia Typographical Society, with the 
evidence of the acquiescence of the employing printers 
of the city in the adoption by the Society of the eight- 
hour rule, is before me. In reply thereto I will briefly 
say that I feel fully authorized thereby, and therefore 
will pay four dollars per diem for eight hours' labor 
hereafter in accordance with the scale adopted by the 
Society. 

Very respectfully yours, 

C. Wendell, Superintendent. 

A successful consummation of the numerous 
efforts to have the Society affiliate with the 
national body occurred in 1867, in response 
to an invitation from John H. Oberly, president 
of the National Typographical Union, and to 
Nicholas Watkins, who remained a member of 
No. 101 until Dec. 29, 1911, when he passed 
away, we are indebted for the resolutions which 
merged the Columbia Typographical Society 
into Columbia Typographical Union, No. 101, 
the vote standing 70 yeas to 9 nays. 

Geo. A. R. McNeir, who had succeeded to 
the presidency of the Society, at once made 
formal application to the National officers for 



a charter, and at the meeting of June 1, 1867, 
it was presented and adopted. It was issued 
in the names of the last officers of the old 
Society, to which the National officers added 
that of Mr. Whaley , seven names being required 
by the National Constitution to make the 
document legal. The original charter hangs 
in the office of Columbia Union. 





Charter of Columbia Typographical Union, No. 101 



Surviving Members of Columbia 
Typographical Society 

The members of the old Society still living 
who are now connected with Columbia Typo- 
graphical Union, No. 101, are as follows: 

Thomas J. Alleger, 
George W. Duval, 
George A. R. McNeir, 
Zophar Hunt, 
John A. Goodrick, 
William J. Frizzell, 
William W. Maloney, 
Edward H. Laws, 
Samuel E. Mullen, 
William McFarlane, 
Dennison P. Rowell, 
Richard H. Campbell, 
George J. Schley, 
Elam M. Hack, 
William W. McCollum, 
Edward Eberbach, 
James G. Boss, 
James P. Chandler, 
Luther Woodward, 
Edward W. Oyster, 
Bartholomew C. White, 
Edward Morgan, 
Levi H. Patterson, 
Henry C. Tarlton, 
Jehiel Crossfield, 
Richard B. Topham, 
Louis P. Sutor, 
H. Clay Evans, 
James J. Murray. 



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Columbia Typographical 
Union No. 101 

1867 to 1915 

GEO. A. R. McNEIR, the last president 
of the old Society and the first presi- 
dent of Columbia Typographical Union, 
was born at Annapolis, Md., where he was 
educated in public and private schools and 
at St. John's College. He began his career as 
a printer in the office of his father, who was 
for many years State Printer. He first came 
to Washington in 1856, and was employed for 
several years in various book and newspaper 
offices, where he occupied responsible places. 
He is now an employe of the Government 
Printing Office, having been such for a long 
period of time, filling every position from 
compositor to foreman. He was a delegate 
to the National conventions of 1868 and 1870. 

The officers of the Society, with the exception 
of Michael Caton, treasurer, who declined, 
were elected to serve the Union, William R. 
McLean being selected to succeed Mr. Caton. 

The convention of the National Typograph- 
ical Union of 1867, held in Memphis, to which 
Columbia Union sent delegates, voted to hold 
the 1868 meeting in Washington, and steps 
were taken by the local to raise funds to 
appropriately entertain the delegates. 

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The seal of Columbia Typographical Union, 
which was adopted in October, 1867, is 
presented herewith : 




The convention of 1868 passed off with 
credit to Columbia Union, the delegates being 
T. F. Maher, George A. R. McNeir, and A. T. 
Cavis. At this time the membership numbered 
525. 

Recognizing the principle of equal pay for 
equal work, irrespective of sex, the Union on 
Sept. 17, 1870, elected to membership its 
first woman printer, Miss Mary S. Greene. 

An appeal from the Chicago fire sufferers 
in 1871 met with a hearty response, the em- 
ployes of the Government Printing Office 
donating one day's pay and an additional $500 
being collected from other sources. 

A bill designed to reduce wages and increase 
the hours in the Government Printing Office 
in 1871 failed, thanks to the vigorous work of 

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the Society, in co-operation with the other 
branches of the craft. 

The Chronicle strike of 1875 was the first 
instance of the organization meeting with a 
serious setback. At this time nonunionists 
were imported by the Chronicle and heavy 
assessments were levied on the membership 
of the Union to provide for those on strike, 
which threatened to extend to other offices. 
A proposition was received from the employers 
providing for a $20 scale for eight hours and 
$24 for ten hours. After a lengthy struggle 
the hours eventually went back to ten in the 
late seventies, although a great majority of 
the members were working on a piece scale, the 
Union making the best terms possible with 
individual employers, which was made neces- 
sary on account of the deplorable conditions 
then existing. The rates in the Government 
Printing Office remained undisturbed until 
February, 1877, when the wages were reduced 
from $4 to $3.20 per day. 

In 1878 the local Union invited what had 
grown to be the International Typographical 
Union to meet in Washington in 1879, the 
invitation being accepted. The gathering was 
splendidly entertained, William R. Ramsey 
being chairman of the committee of arrange- 
ments. Mr. Ramsey died July 16, 1913. He 
served Columbia Union as its president for 
three years. 

In 1879 E. W. Oyster's amendment to the 
By-Laws providing for the setting aside of $50 
per month to purchase a lot on which to erect 
a suitable building for the use of the Union was 

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adopted, and to this fact can be attributed in 
large measure the possession of Typographical 
Temple by No. 101. 

It was in 1879 that what was called the 
"Brotherhood" caused drastic resolutions to be 
adopted condemning the existence of an 
"oathbound clique or faction." 

William R. McLean, who had been a member 
of the old Society since 1850, having passed 
away, the Union lost a member whose activi- 
ties had made a deep impress, as attested 
by the following resolution : 

Resolved, That we can but feebly express the great 
loss which the craft and the community have thus 
sustained. As a printer, William R. McLean was fully 
equal to all the requirements of the profession — 
generous, charitable, just and able; as a citizen he was 
upright, public spirited, and prominent in good works; 
and both the printer and the citizen, loving him in life 
and lamenting his death, will revere his memory. 

At the St. Louis convention of the I. T. U. 
in 1882 W. A. Dodge, a delegate from No. 101, 
presented the following resolution, which was 
adopted : 

Resolved, That a committee consisting of the newly- 
elected officers of the International Union be appointed 
to take into consideration the feasibility of devising 
means for the establishment of a home for disabled 
printers and report at the next annual meeting of this 
union; said home to be conducted on the principle of 
the various soldiers' homes throughout the country. 

No definite action was taken, however, 
until Messrs. Childs and Drexel furnished the 
nucleus for the present magnificent institution 
at Colorado Springs, in 1886. 

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One of the most determined as well as vigor- 
ous contests between the Union and an 
employer occurred in October, 1883, when the 
then proprietor of the Washington Post, who 
has long since passed away, refused to recog- 
nize the Union. The attitude of the business 
men, who sympathized with the Union, caused 
a termination of the struggle, after a lengthy 
contest, in favor of No. 101, the splendid 
work of the committee composed of Thomas 
T. Hurdle, Joseph M. Eggleston, George M. 
Ramsey, William Briggs, and Thomas A. Ford 
being mainly responsible. 

George W. Childs, of Philadelphia, as an 
evidence of his appreciation of having been 
made an honorary member of No. 101, sent a 
representative to the October, 1885, meeting, to 
present his picture to the Union. This picture 
now hangs in Typographical Temple. 

Arbitration proceedings, in which John H. 
Oberly represented the Union, resulted in an 
increase in the scale in 1886, covering the 
newspapers. 

In 1887 New York Union having trouble 
with employers, No. 101 promptly rendered 
assistance, the building fund of the Union being 
borrowed from to the extent of $500. This 
was in the nature of a loan, and was repaid 
about two years later. 

Up to 1888 it was the custom of Columbia 
Union to send not over three delegates to the 
I. T. U., but in that year provision was made 
to send four, which has been the practice ever 
since. 

A local strike for a nine-hour day in the 
downtown offices came in April, 1891, but 

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only a few of the offices allowed their men to 
go out. The original demand was for eight 
hours, but a compromise was agreed to, and 
but one office was eventually lost to the Union. 
The committee having charge of the strike was 
composed of Harold Benedict, chairman; 

C. A. Smith, R. E. Knight, J. F. Hauer, J. B. 
Dickman, R. K. Youngblood, and Adrian 
Jones. Forty cents per hour was the rate pro- 
vided for machine work. 

The feasibility of erecting a building was 
considered April 19, 1891, a committee consist- 
ing of President John L. Kennedy, chairman; 
George M. Depue, R. A. McLean, E. H. 
Thomas, H. F. J. Drake, David Walton, and 
William F. Dunn, recommending that the 
project be undertaken. This committee se- 
cured a loan of $30,000 and ground was 
broken Oct. 17, 1891, the cornerstone being 
laid Dec. 3, 1891, the copper box deposited 
therein containing copies of craft journals, 
local daily papers, and currency from one cent 
to one dollar. 

Following the dedication of the Temple on 
May 2, 1892, at which President Benjamin 
Harrison was present, a fair was held, the pro- 
ceeds being added to the building fund. The 
following committee managed the fair: John J. 
Higgins, chairman; F. H. Padgett, secretary; 

D. S. Hussey, J. F. Chipley, Miss Kate A. 
Cheatham, Miss Carrie L. Whitehead, R. W. 
Summers, L. A. Wisener, P. J. Haltigan, J. E. 
Tibbetts, W. E. T. Greenfield, W. A. Mitchell, 
F. D. Seiffert, F. M. Richardson, J. W. Clark, 
J. M. Test, E. J. Farrell, Edward J. Hall, 
George H. Proctor, George W. Howland, T. A. 

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Tomlinson, A. S. Fennell, Edw. T. Toner, 
R. B. Smythe, J. L. Kennedy. Honorary 
Committee: George W. Cochran, John H. 
Oberly, George H. Harries. Editors: A. P. 
Marston and George E. Hupert. Business 
Managers of Paper: T. A. Tomlinson and 
J. W. Clark. 

The Temple is a pretty and effective example 
of the Italian renaissance style. It is a three- 
story and basement structure, 44 by 108 feet, 
with a flat front of pressed brick, richly orna- 
mented with terra cotta and copper and 
liberally trimmed with Hummelstown brown- 
stone. An easy flight of broad steps leads to 
the main entrance, on one side of which are 
the offices of the Union and on the other the 
headquarters of the Brotherhood of Carpenters 
and Joiners. The main hall is on the second 
floor and is two stories in height, well illumi- 
nated from a chandelier, and is provided with 
small stage and balcony. A Kinnear steel 
ceiling of special design harmonizes with the 
walls. The Temple has two smaller halls, 
committee rooms, two fire-proof vaults, store- 
rooms, lavatories, etc. It is heated by steam 
and lighted by electricity. On the wall of 
the main hallway is a brass tablet bearing the 
inscription as shown herewith. 



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Typographical Temple, Washington, D. C. 



COLUMBIA COLUMBIA 

TYPOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. 

ORG. JAN. 7, 1815 ORG. MAY 17, 1867 

TEMPLE v 

ERECTED BY 



COLUMBIA TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, No. 101 
A. D. 1891 



At the Stated Meeting of the Union held 
June 2, 1879, an amendment to the By-Laws 
providing for a reserve fund to purchase a 
Site on which to erect a Hall was introduced 

BY 

E. W. OYSTER 

On March 6, 1889, the first payment for the 
purchase of this site was made by 



Chas. M. Robinson, 

George M. Depue, ^trustees. 

Benj. C. Wright, 



} 



BUILDING COMMITTEE. 

J. L. Kennedy, chairman. 

H. F. J. Drake, secretary. 
George M. Depue, David S. Walton, 

R. A. McLean, E. H. Thomas, 

William F. Dunn. 



O. von Nerta - Architect 



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The name of "Typographical Temple" was 
suggested by Z. T. Jenkins at the October 
meeting of 1892, the Union adopting this very 
appropriate appellation for its future home. 

When Philadelphia Union appealed to No. 
101 for assistance in 1892 on account of 
trouble in the trade there, Columbia Union, 
true to its proverbial generous helpfulness, 
voted $400 for that purpose. 

In order to further the nine-hour day in 
book and job offices throughout the country, 
a convention was held in Cincinnati in October, 
1892, Shelby Smith being appointed to repre- 
sent No. 101. 

The typesetting machines, which had reached 
such a state of perfection as to justify their 
use on newspapers, were introduced in 1892, 
the original scale proposition of the Union 
calling for a six-hour day. The publishers 
presented a counter proposition providing for 
a seven-hour day at $23.62 for night work and 
$21 for day work. This was finally agreed to 
by the Union, the committee signing the scale 
being composed of President W. E. Shields, 
W. G. Collins, and E. A. Fleishell. This rate 
remained in effect until July 2, 1902, while 
seven hours still constitutes a day's work in 
the newspaper offices. 

The death of Anthony J. Drexel, in 1893, 
and George W. Childs, in the following year, 
elicited expressions of regret, the following 
splendid tribute, presented by the late J. 
Monroe Kreiter, being unanimously adopted 
on the demise of the latter : 

An honorary member of Typographical Union No. 
101, has answered the sweet angel's call of time. The 

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soul of Geo. W. Childs has departed and his spirit is 
now a sublime factor of that place where all is heavenly 
and pure. The announcement of his death is heard 
with keen and painful sorrow, and we mourn his loss 
in common with a grief -stricken people. 

He was a dear and true friend to the Union printer, 
and his name is honored by every consistent member of 
the Craft. The magnanimity of the departed philan- 
thropist reached its zenith in a co-gift to the mother 
institution of our organization, and we shall ever revere 
the memory of him who now holds sweet communion 
with the heavenly subjects of his Maker. 

Time was in pleasing harmony with all the deceased's 
greatness. The silvering of his hair marked the sweet 
charity and good will. 

The tranquility of his death was a beautiful exem- 
plification of a grand and magnificent life. 

To the devoted and Christian wife we extend our 
sincerest sympathies and condole with her in her sad 
hour of affliction and bereavement. It was her sweet 
influence that in part directed and persuaded the many 
kindnesses of him whose death we deeply mourn. 

Resolved, That the above minute be incorporated in 
the proceedings and an engraved copy thereof be 
transmitted to the widow. 

The Temple was draped in mourning for a 
period of thirty days and the flag placed at 
half-mast from sunrise to sunset on the day of 
the funeral. The president and secretary 
represented the Union at the funeral of Mr. 
Childs. 

The establishment of the Times in 1894 was 
a project consummated by the printers for the 
purpose of giving employment to members who 
had been thrown out of work by the introduc- 
tion of machines. It was largely through the 
efforts of Paul T. Bowen that the paper was 

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launched, although the Union rendered mate- 
rial assistance at a critical time. Frank S. 
Lerch also rendered valuable aid. On the 
death of Mr. Bowen in April, 1901, the Union 
adopted resolutions acknowledging its indebt- 
edness to him as a man who had proven a true 
friend to the organization. 

An effort was made at the Louisville con- 
vention in April, 1894, to have the headquarters 
of the International moved to Washington, 
the proposition being tabled by the narrow 
margin of 60 to 58. The author of this sketch, 
under instructions of No. 101, also presented 
similar resolutions to the convention in Syra- 
cuse in 1898, and they were also tabled. 

When Labor Day was legalized as a national 
holiday in 1894, a very successful parade was 
held to celebrate the event, the Union turning 
out, with each chapel carrying a banner, to the 
number of 600. 

On April 21,1 895, the Union urged the exten- 
sion of the Civil Service Act to the Government 
Printing Office, and later on this was accom- 
plished. 

That patriotic zeal which characterized the 
members of the Society in the early days of its 
history when it had to do with public affairs 
was further demonstrated when the call came 
at the outbreak of the Spanish-American War. 
A number of the members of the Union entered 
the volunteer army, at which time William N. 
Brockwell, who has served the body so ably 
in many capacities, offered a resolution provid- 
ing that all members serving in the army should 
be carried as active members without expense, 
and in case it should become necessary, to do 

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everything possible to care for those who were 
dependent upon members at the front. 

Those members who enlisted were : 

W. F. O'Brien, William E. Nash, I. B. 
Belmont, Will. G. O'Connell, E. E. Wear, 
Eugene F. Smith, Geo. B. Graves, Harry 
Bradley, J. Ligon King, Sidney Marye, Carl 
Eckdall, D. V. Chisholm, Louis A. Boulay, 
Frank Thornburg, A. B. Warrener, J. K. 
Marks, A. M. Forester, James F. Kelly, John 
H. O'Brien, Garnet Denham, Hoyt A. Holton, 
Richard D. Lowd, J. S. Shaw, Geo. B. Wood, 
H. B. Sweeney, Luther Fridley, H. O. Degges, 
F. C. Braddock. 

Most of the above served under Brig. Gen. 
George H. Harries, formerly an active member 
of No. 101 and now on its honorary roll. One 
member, Isador B. Belmont, died on Cuban 
soil, and some of the others have since passed 
away, while among the number living are to be 
found Eugene F. Smith, at present president of 
Columbia Typographical Union, and Daniel 
V. Chisholm, Superintendent of Work of the 
Government Printing Office. 

The administration of Edwin C. Jones, now 
deceased, who served the Union in 1898 and 
1899, was marked by great progress, one of the 
most notable achievements being the successful 
culmination of efforts to have the wages in the 
Government Printing Office restored to $4 per 
day. William M. Garrett, then secretary, 
ably assisted President Jones in bringing the 
matter to a successful issue, although the rank 
and file, under the guidance of the above- 
mentioned, should be accorded great credit for 
their share in the work. 

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The increase in compensation for printers 
in the Washington Weather Bureau was also 
brought about under Mr. Jones* administra- 
tion, and was made possible largely through 
the favorable attitude of Prof. Willis L. 
Moore, then chief of the bureau, who is an 
honorary member of No. 101. 

In October, 1899, the Union participated in 
the parade in honor of Admiral George Dewey, 
the hero of Manila Bay. 

The First Yearbook, issued in 1899, as well 
as the three succeeding numbers, reflected 
great credit upon the committees having charge 
of the printing. It was decided to discontinue 
its publication after the fourth issue on account 
of the demand each year upon the generosity 
of those who were contributing to its success 
through advertisements. 

The second fair, from which was realized the 
splendid sum of $6,612.05, was held from Nov. 
27 to Dec. 4, 1899, in the Temple, by means of 
which the Union was enabled to materially 
decrease the debt on the building. 

The Board of Control was composed of E. C. 
Jones, chairman ; F. C. Roberts, vice chairman ; 
A. W. Bowen, secretary ; J. C. Whyte, treasurer; 
Louise Gunton, H. F. J. Drake, J. E. Bright, 
Chas. W. Otis, F. H. Melick, W. M. Leavitt, 
W. M. Garrett, and J. F. McCormick. 

The coming of the general nine-hour move- 
ment in December, 1899, found book and job 
offices in Washington already on that basis, and 
Columbia Union therefore turned its attention 
to rendering assistance to sister unions. The 
disposition of one office to violate the scale of 
No. 101, however, finally resulted in a number 

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of members being called out, all of whom 
succeeded in securing employment in other 
cities, to which they were sent by the Union. 

In January, 1900, Congress having before it 
a bill containing a provision for letting the 
Twelfth Census by contract, if deemed expedi- 
ent, the Union succeeded in convincing the 
members of the House that it was not a wise 
provision, and it was defeated. Similar efforts 
were made to secure like legislation in 1910 for 
the Thirteenth Census, but after passing 
Congress, President Roosevelt vetoed the bill 
and the provision was later stricken out. 

The first and only primary to select a 
candidate for delegate to the I. T. U. to 
represent the downtown offices was held in 
1900. The law governing the selection of 
delegates was later changed to provide for 
three delegates from the Government Printing 
Office and one from downtown, previous to 
which, however, it was possible to elect all four 
from either the Government Printing Office or 
downtown. 

The sum of $697.50 was sent to aid the 
Galveston flood sufferers, in 1900. 

In January, 1901, a bill providing for sick 
leave for the employes of the Government 
Printing Office was indorsed. Failing then, 
such legislation has never been enacted into law. 

The practice of the Commissioners in sending 
District work out of the city was condemned 
in April, 1901, and the Union succeeded in 
having it discontinued. 

On July 21, 1901, a resolution requesting 
local self-government for the District was 
introduced. Being deferred from time to time, 



E. W. Oyster in December of the same year 
endeavored to have the Union indorse the action 
of the American Federation of Labor requesting 
a municipal form of government, but failed. 

The Union adjourned its regular meeting of 
Sept. 15, 1901, out of respect to President 
McKinley, who died from the effects of an 
assassin's bullet, the Temple being draped in 
mourning and the organization voting to 
attend the funeral. 

It was a memorable meeting that was held 
on Jan. 19, 1902, President Lawson reporting 
that the last note on the Temple had been 
paid. At that time steps were taken to 
refurnish and repair the building. 

In March, 1902, a letter was received from 
the President defining the rights of Government 
employes to interest themselves in legislation, 
the statement being made that officers and 
committees of the Union were at liberty to 
take such steps as they deemed best to protect 
the interests of members. 

The death of Amos J. Cummings in this year 
was noted by the adoption of suitable resolu- 
tions, the president and secretary being directed 
to attend the memorial exercises held in New 
York. 

The newspaper scale, adopted on the advent 
of the machines, was increased July 2, 1902, 
the committee negotiating the new scale con- 
sisting of John McCormick, W. E. Shields, 
T. C. Parsons, Joseph C. Whyte, E. A. M. 
Lawson, Joe M. Johnson and W. M. Garrett. 

An invitation was extended to the I. T. U. 
convention to meet in Washington in 1903, 
the meeting in June, 1902, providing for a 

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committee of ten boosters to assist the dele- 
gates. A little over $400 was expended by the 
committee, which succeeded in having the 
invitation accepted. 

There being no adequate accommodations 
for caring for sick or injured employes of the 
Government Printing Office, the Union, in 
July, 1902, called the attention of the officials 
of the office to the need, the same being 
afterward provided. 

That no worthy appeal was allowed to go 
unheeded was again evidenced when $500 was 
donated to the striking United Mine Workers 
in August, 1902. 

It was deemed wise to get an early start with 
the arrangements for the expected convention 
of the I. T. U. in 1903, so in October, 1902, the 
following committee was appointed by Presi- 
dent Joe M. Johnson: F. N. Whitehead, 
chairman; H. B. Goodrell, vice chairman; 
J. A. Huston, secretary; John R. Berg, treas- 
urer; E. E. Calhoon, chairman souvenir 
committee; J. B. Dickman, C. C. Thompson, 
T. M. Ring, H. F. Sauter, E. W. Patton, 
E. E. Weir, T. J. Rowe, G. G. Seibold, T. F. 
Ellis, and D. W. Fleming. 

How well this committee managed that 
affair is no doubt remembered by the member- 
ship, the program embracing elaborate enter- 
tainment features which were enjoyed by all 
who participated. In addition to the many 
functions arranged in honor of the convention 
by the local committee, Baltimore Union, 
No. 12, requested the privilege of entertaining 
the gathering on the Sunday preceding the 
opening of the session. After conducting the 

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party to Baltimore by train, a boat ride down 
Chesapeake Bay to Annapolis and Tolchester 
Beach was enjoyed. The Ex-Delegates* Asso- 
ciation of Washington also insisted on having 
a share in the festivities, a ride by electric 
train to Mount Vernon being arranged and 
carried out to the great enjoyment of all. 
Baltimore Union and the Ex-Delegates' Asso- 
ciation were thanked for their valuable assist- 
ance. The Union placed at the disposal of the 
committee $5,000, and at the conclusion of the 
work the committee reported an unexpended 
balance of the appropriation of $1,942.79, the 
splendid souvenir having netted sufficient 
funds to make such a good showing possible. 
Although everybody worked hard for the 
success of the affair and were duly thanked, 
J. A. Huston deserves much credit for his 
indefatigable efforts as secretary of the 
Committee. 

The action of President Roosevelt in insti- 
tuting steps which resulted in the termination 
of the great coal strike inspired an expression 
of thanks from the Union in October, 1902. 
At that time an appropriation of $100 was 
made toward the McKinley monument at 
Canton, Ohio. 

Believing that a municipal printing plant 
would be a good thing for Washington, the 
subject was investigated early in 1903, subse- 
quently being abandoned. 

To Joseph E. Goodkey we are indebted for 
the establishment of a Memorial Day. On 
May 17, 1903, Mr. Goodkey offered a resolution, 
which was adopted, providing that a day be 

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set apart to pay tribute to those members 
who had died during the preceding year. 

In 1903 steps were taken to raise funds for a 
suitable memorial to the late Amos J. Cum- 
mings, the sum of $1,000 being raised and 
subsequently applied to the establishment of a 
library for the Union Printers Home at Colo- 
rado Springs as the most practical and enduring 
monument. 

The disastrous fire in Baltimore in 1904, 
destroying the newspaper buildings and most 
of the job offices, found No. 101 ready and will- 
ing to render assistance. A special meeting was 
held February 8, when $1,000 was placed at the 
disposal of No. 12, and the scale suspended in 
order to permit the Monumental City papers 
to be published in Washington, the Baltimore 
boys being taken care of in such good manner 
that when the money was returned to Columbia 
Union resolutions of appreciation, an engrossed 
copy of which hangs in the Temple, were 
presented reciting "that in appreciation of the 
voluntary assistance of Columbia Typograph- 
ical Union, No. 101, and to commemorate the 
fraternal fellowship in our craft which the 
great disaster called forth, this resolution is 
tendered in the hope that the bond of fraternity 
which binds us shall grow in fervor with the 
passing years." 

In 1904, $300 was appropriated to assist 
Louisville, then on strike, and $114 was raised 
to assist the Fall River Textile Workers. 

The year 1905 was noted for consideration 
of the scale covering the newspapers. The 
Evening Star, which began the publication of a 
Sunday morning edition in this year, negotiated 

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a temporary agreement covering the issue in 
March, 1905, and adjustments which led to 
national arbitration continued until May, 
1906, when a decision was handed down which 
called for an increase in the scale, but really 
decreased the amount received, due to the fact 
that the Times, which was then issuing a 
morning and evening edition, was working 
under an agreement calling for an amount 
above the scale. 

The effort to establish an eight-hour day in 
the book and job trade throughout the I . T. U. 
jurisdiction was launched in 1905, the em- 
ployers throughout the country having been 
notified that Jan. 1, 1906, was the date set 
for putting it into effect. Columbia Union 
adopted resolutions regarding the movement, 
and late in 1905 a committee consisting of 
T. C. Parsons, chairman; F. B. Crown, Joe M. 
Johnson, Frank A. Kidd, and J. M. Kreiter was 
appointed to endeavor to get the jurisdiction 
in shape for the expected strike, as the Typoth- 
eta was formulating plans to resist the move- 
ment. The first step was the collection of an 
assessment of one-half of one per cent during 
1905. This was followed in 1906 by assessments 
amounting to ten, seven and five per cent, 
then gradually decreasing until the success of 
the movement eventually made it unnecessary 
to continue it, which was in 1908. During 
the life of the ten per cent assessment a number 
of members in the Government Printing Office 
refused to pay the same and were expelled. 
Of the 83 members expelled, but 13 still 
remain out of the organization, the remainder 
having reaffiliated, left the business, or died. 

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In November, 1905, the Eight-hour Committee 
reported that nearly all of the independent 
offices had signed an eight-hour agreement, 
the Trades Unionist (then under the manage- 
ment of Timothy M. Ring), Sudwarth, and 
Pearson's offices having already put the 
system into operation. 

Notice of the termination of the existing 
agreement was given the Typotheta and an 
arrangement made to secure a loan of $20,000 
on Typographical Temple, which action made 
it unnecessary to put the ten per cent assess- 
ment into effect in Washington until May, 1906. 
At the January meeting donations to the 
eight-hour fund were received from August 
Donath and George M. Depue. Mr. Donath, 
formerly an active member, but at that time 
an honorary member, being employed in the 
Pension Office, during the existence of the 
strike assessment voluntarily donated the 
percentage of the assessment on his salary each 
month, and afterward offered to join 200 
members in donating $100 each in order to 
liquidate the indebtedness on the Temple 
due to the strike. This, however, proved 
unnecessary, as the income of the Union prom- 
ised to provide sufficient revenue to gradually 
decrease the indebtedness, the full amount of 
which has since been paid, together with all 
interest. 

When the members employed in the book 
and job offices which had refused to grant the 
eight-hour day struck on Jan. 4, 1906, but two 
men out of about 150 failed to respond. In 
May, 1906, R. W. Burnside took the place of 
J. M. Kreiter on the Eight-Hour Committee, 

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the latter being unable to serve longer. Mr. 
Parsons was elected president of the Union in 
May, 1906, and his handling of the strike had 
been so satisfactory that he was directed to 
retain the chairmanship of the committee 
having the matter in charge. John R. Berg 
and John A. Huston also served as members 
of the committee. 

On Jan. 20, 1907, the strike roll was ordered 
closed, conditions being reported better at 
that time than they had been before the strike. 
Four offices, formerly union, employing about 
20 men, were then holding out against granting 
the eight-hour day, all of which have subse- 
quently put the same into effect, while still 
refusing to co-operate with the Union. 

I cannot close reference to the eight-hour 
strike without a word of commendation for 
the chairman of the committee, Mr. Parsons, 
who, during what was probably the most 
strenuous period throughout the existence of 
the organization, conducted the movement in 
a most capable and satisfactory manner. It 
was my privilege to suggest the name of Mr. 
Parsons to President Berg as a man who would 
meet every requirement, and as one who was in 
close touch with affairs at a time when men 
were so frequently put to the test, I can say 
that every problem presented was met with a 
zeal and an enthusiasm which knew no such 
word as fail. When Mr. Parsons retired from 
the presidency he was presented with a ring 
and a purse of gold. Although considerably 
under fifty, the silver in his hair is the most 
eloquent badge of his participation in the fight 

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for a principle, the success of which will prove 
of lasting benefit to his fellows. 

The San Francisco earthquake, coming in 
the midst of a great struggle, aroused the 
deepest sympathy in the breasts of the mem- 
bership, a special meeting held in April, 1906, 
arranging for a subscription to relieve the 
stricken city, $1,500 being raised for that 
purpose. 

Columbia Union was honored by President 
Roosevelt in May, 1907, Mr. Parsons, its 
president, being selected as a member of the 
President's Homes Commission. 

In October, 1907, the newspaper scale again 
went through arbitration, a new scale being 
approved Jan. 19, 1908. The original com- 
mittee which conducted negotiations up to the 
time the matter went to national arbitration 
was made up of the following members: 
Chas. I. Willey, O. T. Pierce, Andrew B. 
Evans, and Alexander J. Watson. 

In August, 1908, the old-age pension legisla- 
tion became effective. Originally providing $4 
per week for those coming under the operations 
of the law, the amount has since been increased 
to $5 per week, and No. 101 now has 71 pen- 
sioners, E. H. Laws, who was a member of 
the old Society, being the first member of 
No. 101 to receive the pension. 

An agreement calling for $1 extra for men 
required to work on the Sunday afternoon 
edition of the Times was entered into Jan. 17, 
1909, to cover a condition which had not 
previously existed on newspapers, the agree- 
ment still being effective. 

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A committee consisting of H. N. Kelchner, 
M. L. Statler, A. B. Evans, and E. B. Evans 
was appointed in May, 1909, to endeavor to 
secure an increase for the newspaper men, the 
scale which was finally adopted calling for an 
increase. 

On Oct. 12, 1909, President Gompers, of the 
American Federation of Labor, returned from 
abroad, No. 101 participating in the parade in 
his honor. 

In 1909 Columbia Union erected a monu- 
ment near Emporia, Kansas, in memory of 
Edwin C. Jones, formerly president of No. 101, 
Emporia Union dedicating the shaft at the 
request of this local, and Hon. William Allen 
White delivering the address. 

An illustrated lecture on the Union Printers 
Home, under the auspices of No. 101, by 
Superintendent Deacon, was held at the Na- 
tional Theatre on May 10, 1910. Although this 
lecture was intended to be more educational 
than profitable it netted $60. 

John B. Dickman presented to the Union, 
on Sept. 18, 1910, a proposition requesting 
loans of $5 each from members for the purpose 
of repairing the Temple. The proposition was 
adopted and $875 secured in that way, the 
balance needed being taken from the funds of 
the Union. A year later these loans were 
returned. 

What was known as the Loan Shark bill, 
prohibiting usurious rates in the District of 
Columbia, was indorsed by No. 101 Jan. 15, 
1911, the bill afterward being passed. 

On Feb. 19, 1911, the Smoot Printing Bill 
being before Congress, the Union took steps 

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to have some of its detrimental provisions 
eliminated as well as to have desired provisions 
inserted. This bill eventually failed, although 
the efforts put forth at that time caused the 
framers of a bill now before Congress to provide 
some of the features for which the Union was 
striving. During the consideration of the bill 
in the House an amendment providing for an 
increase of five cents per hour for hand com- 
positors in the Government Printing Office was 
passed. 

Those members of No. 101 who had served 
their country in the war with Spain having 
had their continuous membership in the 
I. T. U. broken by reason of failure of the 
local to pay their per capita, W. N. Brockwell, 
at the July, 191 1, meeting succeeded in having 
steps inaugurated which eventually induced 
the I. T. U. to correct their records. 

On Oct. 15, 19 1 1 , on motion of Shelby Smith, 
the Union voted to rebate $5 to graduates in 
the jurisdiction of No. 101 of the I. T. U. 
Technical Course in Printing, being intended 
as an inducement to members to take the 
course. 

The first revision of the book and job scale 
for many years was undertaken in November, 
1911, and in February, 1912, a scale calling 
for an increase of $1.20 per week was entered 
into, floor hands being granted an additional $ 1 
per week. This increase was secured during 
the administration of President F. C. Roberts, 
and was negotiated by Edmund A. Hutchison, 
Timothy M. Ring, Frank S. Rousseau, John S. 
Frick, and William H. Gilliland as the Union's 
representatives. 

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Certain officers of the Central Labor Union 
having appeared before the Senate committee 
conducting hearings on proposed changes in 
the excise laws of the District, Columbia Union 
on March 17, 1912, adopted the following 
resolutions : 

Whereas the president and secretary, respectively, 
of the Central Labor Union, of which body Columbia 
Typographical Union, No. 101, is probably the largest 
numerically, appeared before a committee of the 
United States Senate and stated that they represented 
the sentiments of the union men of the District of 
Columbia when they opposed any changes in the excise 
laws of the District, and that all union men who 
favored the prohibition of the liquor traffic could be 
carried in one taxicab, and 

Whereas we believe that many hundreds of mem- 
bers of Columbia Typographical Union, No. 101, both 
opposed to and in favor of the changes proposed in the 
pending bills, are not in sympathy with the representa- 
tions made before said Senate committee by said presi- 
dent and secretary, respectively, of the Central Labor 
Union; therefore be it 

Resolved, That Columbia Typographical Union, 
No. 101, hereby declares that no such authorization 
was ever given to any one to express the views or 
feelings of its members, either for or against any bills 
now pending before Congress in reference to the chang- 
ing of the excise laws; and be it further 

Resolved, That Columbia Typographical Union, 
No. 101, when it has anything of a legislative nature to 
favor or oppose, will send its own delegates fully in- 
structed how to act. 

In April, 1912, a mortuary benefit law calling 
for $400 for five years' membership in the 
I. T. U., to which the local adds $100, became 
operative. It is a singular coincidence that 

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Harry W. Templar, who was very active in 
connection with legislation covering this matter, 
should be the one on account of whose death 
the new benefit was first paid in this city. On 
April 20, 1912, a memorial service in honor of 
Mr. Templar was held in the North Capitol 
Street United Brethren Church, of which he 
was a member, the secretary of No. 101 
representing the Union. Representatives of 
other bodies of which the deceased was a 
member were also present and participated 
in the exercises. 

The campaign for I. T. U. officers leading up 
to the election in May, 1912, was characterized 
by a bitter internal fight. An organization 
styling itself the Progressives endeavored to 
wrest international affairs from the adminis- 
tration, charging that it was dominated by a 
secret oath-bound faction known as the 
Wahnetas. The effect of the movement, so 
far as No. 101 was concerned, was to engender 
unkind feeling between the adherents of the 
administration and its opponents. 

On Nov. 17, 1912, the present newspaper 
scale, in which a five per cent increase was 
granted, received the approval of the Union. 
As illustrating the complete harmony existing 
between the Newspaper Publishers of Washing- 
ton and the Union, this increase was agreed 
upon between a committee from each of the 
organizations interested, the representatives of 
No. 101 being T. C. Parsons, J. M. Castell, 
C. P. Johnson and J. B. Skelly. The local 
and International Unions hold arbitration 
contracts with the newspapers of Washington, 
thus making it possible to determine any issue 

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which might arise in an amicable manner. 
These agreements run until 1917. 

Prof. Willis L. Moore, an honorary member, 
having aspirations to become a member of 
President Wilson's Cabinet, was indorsed for 
the portfolio of Secretary of Agriculture, in 
November, 1912, but contrary to the hopes of 
Mr. Moore and his friends, he was not selected 
as one of the President's advisers. 

The La Follette bill limiting the hours of 
labor for women in the District to eight was 
indorsed by No. 101 on Dec. 15, 1912, the bill 
afterward becoming a law. At the same meet- 
ing Mr. Joseph Silverberg presented the 
fraternal greetings of Dortmund, Germany, 
Union to No. 101, which were returned with 
expressions of appreciation through Mr. Silver- 
berg, who paid a visit to his native land shortly 
afterward. 

Mr. August Donath passed away Feb. 22, 
1913, being at that time Superintendent of 
Documents of the Government Printing Office. 
Appropriate resolutions were adopted and a 
large delegation of members of No. 101 at- 
tended his funeral. 

Hon. Albert Johnson, who, on coming to 
Congress from the State of Washington in 
1912, deposited his card with No. 101, honored 
the Union with a visit, April 20, 1913, on which 
occasion he addressed the meeting. It was 
largely through the efforts of Mr. Johnson 
that the House of Representatives was induced 
to pass the amendment to the Printing Bill 
granting an increase to the hand compositors 
in the Government Printing Office. 

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After being out of the Union ever since the 
nine-hour strike, in 1891 the office of Gibson 
Brothers was unionized in 1913, George 
Gibson having died and the firm passing into 
other hands. On several occasions the writer 
visited Mr. Gibson and endeavored to induce 
him to place his office on a union basis, and 
while steadfastly refusing to recognize the 
Union he stated that he had no objection to 
members of the organization working for him; 
in fact, he said he preferred them, but under 
the circumstances this could not be. Mr. 
Gibson's refusal to co-operate with the Union 
was due to a regrettable incident which occurred 
during the strike of 1 89 1 . 

On March 15, 1914, F. C. Roberts, who had 
served one term as agent of the Union Printers 
Home, just after retiring from the presidency 
of No. 101, notified the membership of his 
intention not to be a candidate for re-election, 
Joe M. Johnson seeking and securing the 
honor. 

Miss Anna C. Wilson, the only woman who 
ever held membership on the Board of Trustees 
of the Home, after serving several terms in a 
satisfactory manner, was re-elected a trustee 
in May, 1914. 

Columbia Union also has the honor of num- 
bering among its membership the author of 
the six-day law, Miss Frances L. Taylor, an 
employe of the Government Printing Office, 
while another woman member of No. 101, Miss 
Irene E. Deeter, set all the type contained in 
this book. 

Eugene F. Smith, the present president of 
No, 101, was accorded the unusual honor, on 

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first seeking the office, of an election to that 
position without opposition in May, 1914. 

The May, 1914, meeting instructed the 
delegates to Providence to endeavor to secure 
the 1915 convention to assist No. 101 in cele- 
brating its one-hundredth anniversary, Presi- 
dent Smith being made a member of the 
committee. The Chamber of Commerce, of 
which No. 101 has representatives in the 
president and secretary, contributed $100 and 
the Union spent $500, but the approaching 
Panama Exposition in San Francisco proved 
too great an attraction, and Los Angeles was 
accorded the honor after a spirited contest. 

At the Providence convention a resolution 
which had been presented to the Union by 
Samuel H. Bell at its July, 1914, meeting 
looking to the establishment of a Government 
telegraph and telephone service, was indorsed, 
a committee of five members of No. 101 being 
authorized by the convention for the purpose 
of carrying on the work. 

For the purpose of appropriately celebrating 
the one-hundredth anniversary of the organiza- 
tion the following committee was appointed at 
the October, 1914, meeting: T. C. Parsons, 
chairman; H. N. Kelchner, Joe M. Johnson, 
Charles O'Connell, M. L. Statler, C. D. Dem- 
ing, H. C. Knapp, H. W. Weber, N. P. Moyer, 
and P. I. Lowd. It was decided to hold the 
celebration on Sunday, Jan. 10, 1915, the day 
to be known as "Centennial Sunday." 

An amendment to I . T. U. law governing the 
appropriation of the funds of the organization 
by prohibiting their use for any but specified 
purposes and requesting a referendum vote on 

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the same, presented by Houston, Texas, Union, 
was indorsed at the November, 1914, meeting. 

The Twelfth Annual Memorial Service, 
held Dec. 6, 1914, was a largely attended 
gathering, ex-President Joe M. Johnson, the 
speaker of the occasion, delivering an eloquent 
tribute to the memory of those who had 
passed away during the previous year. 

At the December, 1914, meeting a proposi- 
tion from Syracuse Union submitting an 
amendment to I. T. U. law having for its 
purpose the increasing of the salaries of the 
president and secretary of the I. T. U. was 
indorsed. 

At the same meeting the Committee of 
Arrangements for the Centennial Anniversary 
outlined its plans, stating that it was proposed 
to publish this sketch, and asking for an appro- 
priation of $1,000 to cover the cost of the 
celebration. The Union indorsed the action of 
committee and unanimously voted the appro- 
priation. Edgar T. Brown was appointed a 
member of the committee, vice Harry C. 
Knapp, resigned. 

Following the usual custom of the Union, 
the December meeting also directed that 
Christmas remembrances be sent to Mrs. Eva 
C. Evers and James R. Alford, two members 
at the Home, and also to Jennie E. Fell, who 
has been incapacitated for some years. 

In bringing to a close this sketch of the 
proud record of the old Society and Columbia 
Union, I do so with regret that it has not been 
possible to chronicle every happening, as well 
as the participation of every member who has 
contributed to the upbuilding of an organiza- 

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tion so rich in achievement. It should be 
borne in mind, however, that notwithstanding 
the more prominent part played by some, it is 
the loyalty and fidelity of the rank and file 
which after all makes it possible to succeed 
in all undertakings. If individual mention 
therefore has not been accorded, it should be 
distinction enough to be numbered with those 
who constitute our present membership, as 
follows : 




•4XV.W_ 



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Roster of Columbia Typographical 
Union, No. 101 



Abbott, William R. 
Abernethy, Charles 
Ackert, Burnett H. 
Adams, Forrest T. 
Adams, James H. 
Adams, Lewis K. 
Albertson, George H. 
Alburtis, James H. 
Alderman, Ralph W. 
Aldrich, William H. 
Alleger, Thomas J. 
Allen, Henry M. 
Allison, Arthur A. 
Allison, William 
Anderson, Charles J. 
Anderson, Gustave A. 
Anderson, Percy S. 
Anderson, Robert B. 
Andrew, Eugene H. 
Angel, James E. 
Anglin, William H. 
Anthony, Alonzo G. 
Arbuckle, E. L. 
Arm, Richard 
Armstrong, Arthur 
Armstrong, James R. 
Arnett, Ernest E. 
Arthur, Harry W. 
Aschenbach, Geo. H. 
Ashby, Mary S. 
Ashford, Charles W. 
Ashford, William F. 
Ashley, William F. 
Atkinson, Edwin T. 
Atkinson, George O. 
Atkinson, James S. 
Atkinson, John F. 
Aughinbaugh, C. W. 
Auracher, C. C. 
Austin, E. Bruce 
Austin, James E. 
Aylward, Amelia A. 
Ayres, Frank 
Babcock, Joseph H. 
Babcock, Ray. N. 
Bailie, Thomas D. 



ACTIVE MEMBERS 

Baker, Willis J. 
Ball, George H. 
Ball, Geo. S. 
Ballard, Claude M. 
Balmer, Harvey F. 
Barker, Charles M. 
Barnes, Clair C. 
Barnhart, Flavius H. 
Barnhart, H. B. 
Barnum, Horatio 
Barnum, Mark H. 
Barr, John M. 
Barr, Samuel D. 
Barrett, Michael F. 
Barringer, Arthur B. 
B artels, Augustus J. 
Bartle, Harry E. 
Bastian, Charles S. 
Bateman, William I. 
Bates, Frank 
Bates, William H. 
Battles, Samuel L. 
Bauers, Charles F. 
Baumgartner, A. N. 
Baxter, Byron H. 
Baxter, Frederick W . 
Bayne, William H. 
Beach, Harry D. 
Beadle, Henry M. 
Beall, Richard E., Jr. 
Beasley, Wm. A. 
Beatty, Alexander P. 
Bechert, William H. 
Beck, Edward G. 
Beck, John S. 
Becker, Joseph W. 
Beddow, William C. 
Behrle, John A. 
Belcher, Joseph W. 
Bell, Charles W. 
Bell, Robert J. 
Bell, Samuel H. 
Bellinger, Oscar B. 
Belt, Charles V. 
Belt, J. Irving 
Belt, Ralph J. 



Benner, Joseph N. 
Bennett, Clara L. 
Bennett, E. C. 
Bennett, Edwin M. 
Bennett, Luke J. 
Benton, Andrew J. 
Bentz, Abner W. 
Benzler, Francis 
Berg, John R. 
Beringer, William H. 
Berner, Charles J. 
Berrang, Harry P. 
Bierach, George 
Billings, Harry B. 
Birdsall, George H. 
Bisbee, Horace V. 
Bittenbender, J. K. 
Blaauboer, Peter 
Black, Raleigh M. 
Blore, Mary 
Blanton, O. L. 
Blundell, George J. 
Boate, Harry 
Bobo, Clarence W. 
Bodell, Robert H. 
Bodenhamer, M. A. 
Bodine, Frank 
Bodwell, Anson L. 
Boernstein, Henry N. 
Bolen, William H. 
Bolten, William R. 
Bonine, Maurice G. 
Bonney, Byron W. 
Boone, George R. 
Boss, Castleman P. 
Boss, James G. 
Boss, John R. 
Bos worth, Admiral K. 
Boteler, Overton C. 
Boucher, Robert S. 
Bowden, Fletcher 
Bo wen, Albert W. 
Bowen, Arthur L. 
Bowman, W. Edgar 
Boyd, Arthur C. 
Boyd, Elmer F. 



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Boyer, Andrew J. 
Braddock, A. Austin 
Bradley, George E. 
Bradley, John D. 
Bradley, John T. 
Bragg, Robert E. 
Brandon, Leroy D. 
Brandt, Fred. W. H. 
Brandt, George W. Jr. 
Brantley, Charles J. 
Braugh, Joseph J. 
Braun, J. August 
Bray, Robert T. 
Brayton, Harvey H. 
Breen, Sylvester A. 
Breidenstein, Ed. S. 
Breitenbach, Geo. E. 
Brennan, Thomas M. 
Brewer, Wallace 
Brewer, William J. 
Brewton, Charles A. 
Brewton, William H. 
Brian, Henry T. 
Bridwell, Charles W. 
Brigham, Fred. H. 
Bright, William H. 
Brinkerhoff, Geo. E. 
Brinkerhoff, H. S. 
Briscoe, H. C. 
Briscoe, S. M., Jr. 
Broas, John M. 
Brockwell, Wm. N. 
Broderick, Herbert J. 
Brodie, Charles C. 
Brodnax, James H. 
Brooke, James E. M. 
Brooks, Walter L. 
Brown, Arthur G. 
Brown, Edgar T. 
Brown, Howard G. 
Brown, John R. 
Brown, Levi 
Brown, Walter 
Browning, H. M. 
Browning, Luther L. 
Bruehl, August 
Buckholz, Brady N. 
Buckley, J. H. D. 
Buckman, George L. 
Buhrman, Oscar H. 
Bullis, William J. 
Bullock, Marion E. 
Bunch, John I. 
Burchfield, Wm. E. 
Burgess, Robert W. 
Burgess, William R. 
Burke, Julia M. 
Burkholder, Edward 
Burklin, George 
Burnett, Charles W. 



Burns, Charles T. 
Burnside, John S. 
Burnside, Robert W. 
Burr, Harry A. 
Burr, William J. 
Burrows, Geo. L. 
Burton, Lansing H. 
Bush, Charles W. 
Bussius, Charles J. 
Butler, Andrew M. 
Butler, B. W. 
Butler, John H. 
Butsch, Leonard E. 
Byerly, Wm. M. 
Bynum, Thomas A. 
Byron, Don O. 
Cady, Wm. S. 
Cahoon, E. F. 
Calhoon, Edward E. 
Calkins, Orville A. 
Calkins, Wm. H. 
Camp, William M. 
Campbell, Andrew J. 
Campbell, John B. 
Campbell, R. H. 
Cannon, Frank A. 
Capell, Charles A. 
Capers, Frank V. 
Carney, George A. 
Carney, G. Neal 
Carpenter, Wm. H. 
Carpenter, Wm. S. 
Carper, Joseph M. 
Carr, Nellie L. 
Carter, Delos M. 
Carter, Frank A. 
Carter, Harry A. 
Carter, James W. 
Carter, Owen L. 
Carter, Walter F., Jr. 
Caruana, E. M. 
Carver, Wilburn R. 
Carville, James 
Casebeer, James T. 
Castell, John M. 
Castle, Charles E. 
Catlett, Charles W. 
Ceivers, Jackron W. 
Chadwick, DeWitt C. 
Charles, George M. 
Chase, Frederick C. 
Chase, John E. 
Chase, William H. 
Chatterton, Louise W. 
Cheyney, Joseph W. 
Childress, John W. 
Chisholm, Daniel V. 
Chisolm, Rollins F. 
Chitty, George T. 
Christian, Robert W . 

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Christie, Samuel M. 
Claflin, Fremont M. 
Clark, Daniel 
Clark, George E. 
Clark, Jesse M. 
Clark, John W. 
Clark, Lewis B. 
Clarke, James B. 
Clarke, Joseph S. 
Clements, Lyman J. 
Clough, Allen C. 
Clouser, Robert H. 
Cluxton, Sidney H. 
Cobb, John N. 
Coe, Chas. H. 
Cogswell, Fred. A. 
Cohn, Joseph 
Cole, John O. 
Coleman, Edward 
Collier, A. Walter 
Collier, J. Howe 
Collier, William E. 
Collins, Thomas H. 
Collins, William G. 
Colman, David E. 
Colton, Joseph E. 
Columbus, Charles J. 
Colwell, James F. 
Congdon, Robert W. 
Connelly, B. M. 
Connelly, Michael P. 
Connery, John E. 
Connolly, John F. 
Connolly, Mary A. 
Connor, Cornelius A. 
Constantine, B. F. 
Cook, Abraham G. 
Cook, Cyrus E. 
Cook, William J. 
Cook, Wilson H. 
Cooke, Charles F. 
Cooke, Chas. H. 
Cookus, Albert B. 
Cooley, John 
Cooley, Leander B. 
Copeland, Wilber A. 
Copenharve, Harvey 
Corkins, D. DeWitt 
Corning, Albert E. 
Cornish, William H. 
Cornman, Ephraim 
Corn well, Louis W. 
Corwin, Royal E. 
Corwin, Thomas J. 
Cotter, John A. 
Cotter, Joseph W., Jr. 
Cottle, Albert 
Councell, William F. 
Covert, Wm. B. 
Covert, William H. 



Cowden, Frank B. 
Cowles, Allen E. 
Cox, R. Lee 
Craig, Benjamin P. 
Craig, James M. 
Cranford, Horace L. 
Crews, Floyd C. 
Crickard, Robert G. 
Cromelien, Sarah C. 
Cromwell, Jacob G. 
Cromwell, James P. 
Cronin, Michael M. 
Crooke, Bernard L. 
Cross, Joel W. 
Crossfield, Jehiel C. 
Crossfield, Philip 
Crowe, John W. 
Crown, Fenton W. 
Crown, Frank B. 
Crowther, Wade H. 
Crump, William F. 
Crutchett, John E. 
Culbertson, S. S. 
Cummings, Joseph H. 
Curran, Wm. T. 
Curry, Raymond V. 
Curtis, Chesley C. 
Cutting, Harold C. 
Cypher, Stanley 
Daily, John M. 
Daily, Thomas J. 
Daly, Robert E. 
Danforth, Louis E. 
Darling, Harry B. 
Darr, Peter B. 
Davidson, Edwin 
Davidson, Roland L. 
Davies, Samuel E. 
Davies, Thomas D. 
Davis, Alfred A. 
Davis, Edwin L. 
Davis, Frederick L. 
Davis, John H. 
Davis, Wm. H. 
Davison, Edward W. 
Davison, Joseph K. 
Dawson, William B. 
Decker, Fred. 
Dedrick, William H. 
Deeter, Irene E. 
Delahunty, John 
Deloe, Jesse T. 
Dement, Elmer 
Deming, Charles D. 
Dempsey, Harmon E. 
DeNeane, Curtis C. 
DeNedrey, Sam. 
Denham, Garnett 
Dennison, Charles S. 
Dennison, William E. 



Densmore, J. Howell 

Dent, James A. 

Dent, Victor H. 

Devlin, James H. 

DeVries, John W. 

Dickman, John B. 

Dierkin, Joseph 

Diers, Gustave B. 

Dietz, Alfred 

Dillard, Robert R. 

Dilsaver, John L. 

Ditto, Edward N. 

Divine, Luther M. 

Dix, William E. 

Dobbs, Harry C. 

Dodson, Charles E. 

Doering, Robert L. 

Doing, William P. 

Donn, Thomas M. F. 

Doocy, James W. 

Dooley, George A. 

Dooley, George H. 

Dorr, Louis W. 

Dorset, Charles O. 

Dorsey, William F. 

Dorsey, William G. 

Doten, Charles O. 

Douan, John S. 

Dougherty, T. A. 

Dow, William J. 

Do well, George P. 

Doyle, Albert P. E. 

Drake, Horace F. J. 

Dreis, Joseph A. 

Drenner, Walter E. 

Duce, Harry A. 

Duffy, Charles J. 

DuFrane, George W. 
Duling, William H. 
Dunn, John P. 
Durisoe, John R. 
Durr, Benjamin F. 
Duvall, George W. 
Dwight, Edgar J. 
Dyer, William A. 
Early, Latta O. 
Earp, Arba M. A. 
Eason, Thomas 
Easton, Joseph C. 
Eaton, Charles H. S. 
Eberbach, Edward 
Eby, Herbert A. 
Eccles, David 
Edelen, Clayton A. 
Edelen, Eugene E. 
Edelin, John S. 
Edington, Hunter S. 
Edmonston, Ed. W. 
Edmunds, Samuel W. 
Edsall, John H. 

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Egan, James P. 
Egbert, William J. 
Eggleston, Joseph M. 
Eichhorn, George L. 
Eisenhour, E. M. 
Elder, Charles S. 
Elkins, Philip M. 
Ellett, James T. 
Elliott, Bert S. 
Elliott, Thompson P. 
Ellis, George D. 
Ellis, George H. 
Ellis, J. Morgan 
Ellis, Titus F. 
Elms, J. Stealey 
Elwood, Ernest J. 
Emmons, Lucius H. 
Emory, Arthur W. 
Engel, A. Force 
Erdmann, Otto 
Essex, Harry C. 
Estes, Samuel B. 
Estill, Charles L. 
Etchberger, Chas. E. 
Euler, John C. 
Evans, Charles M. 
Evans, Eugene B. 
Evans, George M. 
Evans, Griffith 
Evans, H. Clay 
Evans, Margaret A. 
Evans, Martin N. 
Evans, Walter L. 
Everett, Hugh 
Everts, Frank A. 
Ewell, W. Linwood 
Eyler, S. Arthur 
Fabrizio, Michael P. 
Farr, Lester 
Faust, Harry E. 
Fechtig, Jacob L. 
Fechtig, William C. 
Feehan, Martha 
P'eeney, Bela S. 
Fellinger, Fred. G. 
Fennell, Aloysius S. 
Fenton, Jeremiah J. 
Ferber, J. Louis 
Ferguson, Charles 
Ferrell, C. Frank 
Fessenden, Arthur L. 
Fete, Luther B. 
Field, Isaac B. 
Fisher, Edward H. 
Fisher, Edward Y. 
Fisher, James N. 
Fisher, William H. 
Fisk, Harry C. 
Fitzgerald, George S. 
Fitzgerald, M. F. 



Fitzgerald, W. J. 
Fitzwilliam, T. J. 
Flanagan, Charles M. 
Flanagan, Chas. R. 
Fleishell, Edward A. 
Fleishell, George 
Fleishell, William L. 
Fleming, C. M. 
Fleming, Howard S. 
Fleming, William 
Fletcher, George S. 
Fletcher, Robert 
Florence, Mrs. W. 
Flynn, William H. 
Follett, Frederick W. 
Ford, Geo. W. 
Forrester, Alex. M. 
Foss, Milton C. 
Foster, John B. 
Fowler, Benjamin L. 
Fowler, Lawrence J. 
Fox, Fred. W. 
Francis, William H. 
Frank, William C. 
Fraser, Edwin A. 
Frazier, Henry L. 
Freiseis, Frank 
French, Edward R. 
Frey, Lewis C. 
Frick, John S. 
Fridley, Fred. L. 
Friedlander, Adah 
Fritz, Joseph W. 
Frizzell, William J. 
Frye, William W. 
Fuge, Evan J. 
Fugitt, Frank P. 
Fuhrman, Wm. J. 
Furbershaw, Geo. C. 
Furbershaw, J. H. 
Furr, Brooke C. 
Furtner, Guy B. 
Gable, Paul S. 
Galbraith, William J. 
Gallagher, Patrick H. 
Gallagher, William J. 
Galleher, James A. 
Galleher, Robert B. 
Galleher, Thomas S. 
Gardner, Charles H. 
Gardner, Edward J. 
Garlick, Wilfred E. 
Garner, James P. 
Garner, John S. 
Garrels, Charles 
Garrett, Johnson L. 
Gass, Eugene F. 
Gaylor, Howard J. 
Gentner, Frederick C. 
Geraci, Joseph T. 



Gerberich, George 
Gerrity, Harry J. 
Getman, John L. 
Geyer, Edwin F. 
Gibbs, Alexander C. 
Gibbs, James A. 
Gibson, Chas. R. 
Gibson, Ernest C. 
Gibson, Joseph 
Gilbert, Stanley R. 
Giles, Harry E. 
Gill, Arthur L. 
Gillespie, Samuel F. 
Gilliland, William H. 
Gillin, Daniel A. 
Gilmore, Olive I. 
Glass, Charles D. 
Glenn, William G. 
Glennan, Richard B. 
Godwin, George W. 
Goebel, Andrew N. 
Goetz, Louis 
Gompers, Samuel J. 
Goodkey, Joseph E. 
Goodrell, Harry B. 
Goodrick, John A. 
Goodwin, Edwin P. 
Goodwin, J. Lester 
Gordon, Alex., Jr. 
Gordon, John C. 
Gordon, Laura B. 
Goubeau, Louis 
Goucher, Edward 
Gould, William J. 
Gove, Charles H. 
Gover, Samuel E. H. 
Graf, Charles J. 
Graff, Charles T. 
Graham, George W. 
Graham, Harvey W. 
Graham, Horace A. 
Graves, B. B. F. 
Gray, George R. 
Green, William B. 
Greenawald, C. H. 
Greene, John 
Greenspon, Sam. 
Greenwood, James 
Greevy, William J. C. 
Griffin, Hugh P. 
Griffith, John W. 
Griffith, William 
Grimes, Perry T. 
Grimes, William E. 
Groome, Charles E. 
Grow, V D. 
Grumley, Edward C. 
Guild, Alice 
Gunn, Charles S. 
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Gutelius, William L. 
Guthridge, Walter H. 
Haarer, Victor E. 
Haas, Isaac C. 
Hack, Elam M. 
Hackett, J. Murray 
Haigley, Harry E. 
Haines, Claude E. 
Haines, Theodore B. 
Haley, Archibald C. 
Haliday, Henry E. 
Hall, Edward J. 
Hall, George W. 
Hall, Theodore F. 
Hall, William T. 
Hallock, Daniel B. 
Halpenny, R. L. S. 
Halsey, George F. 
Hambright, Frank H. 
Hamilton, W. M. 
Hamscher, Wm. R. 
Handly, Edward J. 
Hangliter, Edward R. 
Hann, Rollin F. 
Hantzmon, Ed. S. 
Harbaugh, Carroll 
Harding, Clement T. 
Harkness, Arthur W. 
Harper, James E. 
Harrer, Matthew B. 
Harrington, John F. 
Harris, John T. 
Harris, Thomas F. 
Harris, William F. 
Harris, William J. 
Harrison, B. E. 
Harrison, Clifton E. 
Harrison, Fernando 
Harrison, Howard A. 
Harrison, M. F. 
Harstin, Robert H. 
Hart, Frank O. 
Hartley, Lee 
Hartwell, Chas. 
Harward, Chas. E. 
Harwood, Daniel J. 
Haskins, John T. 
Hasson, Benjamin F. 
Hastings, William T. 
Hatley, Frank M. 
Hawk, Arthur L. 
Hawk, Edgar A. 
Hawk, Wm. J. 
Hawley, Nathan C. 
Haworth, Thomas W. 
Hayden, Charles, Jr. 
Hayden, Mary T. 
Hayne, Harry C. 
Hays, Bernard F. 
Hays, Uriel C. 



Healy, James A. 
Healy, Thomas F. 
Heaton, Edgar J. 
Heck, John T. 
Heiberger, Henry B. 
Heidingsfeld, Edward 
Heinline, Charles S. 
Heisler, Frederick D. 
Heisley, Eugene C. 
Hemming, Dodge D. 
Henault, R. E., Jr. 
Hennen, William S. 
Hennesy, James A. 
Henry, Benjamin F. 
Henry, Boyd L. 
Henry, Charles W. 
Henry, Edwin D. 
Hepburn, George E. 
Herbert, John T. 
Hering, Thomas F. 
Herndon, Pomfrett L. 
Heron, John J. 
Heron, John J., Jr. 
Heron, Victor N. 
Herritage, William T. 
Heslet, James H. 
Hess, Morris J. 
Hetzer, Charles O. 
Heydler, John A. 
Heyler, E. Catherine 
Hickman, George P. 
Hickman, Harry B. 
Hickok, John G. 
Higdon, Julian 
Higgins, John J. 
Hilton, Pinckney C. 
Himmelman, John C. 
Hinton, William C. 
Hipkins, Clement C. 
Hitchcock, Irving W. 
Hitz, Herman 
Hixon, Byron F. 
Hodes, Hattie M. 
Hodges, Franklin T. 
Hogan, John E. 
Hogan, John H. 
Holcombe, Dean 
Holland, Joseph L. 
Holland, Robert L. 
Holmes, Charles E. 
Holt, Samuel M. 
Holt, William E. 
Holton, Hoyt A. 
Holzbauer, Frank 
Homer, Oscar Z. 
Honey, John O. 
Hooper, John H. 
Hough, George W. 
Houghton, Charles E. 
Hover, Lorenzo C. 



Howard, Frank P. 
Howard, Vincent F, 
Howe, Harry 
Howe, Merwin G. 
Howell, Percy C. 
Howlin, William T. 
Hoxsey, James F. 
Hoyt, Edith E. 
Hubbard, John P. 
Huggins, James T. 
Hughes, Albert B. 
Hughes, Frank A. 
Hughes, H. Anson 
Hughes, Harry 
Hunt, Amos Z. 
Hunt, Zophar 
Hunter, James P. 
Hupert, George E. 
Hurdle, Ernest A. 
Hurley, Althea G. 
Hurley, Lawrence 
Hurley, L. Leroy 
Hurley, Victor M. 
Huse, Charles B. 
Huse, Edward A. 
Huss, Andrew L. 
Huss, James B. 
Hussey, Dexter S. 
Huston, John A. 
Hutchinson, C. T. 
Hutchinson, Wm. H. 
Hutchison, Ed. A. 
Hyler, Oscar D. 
Indermauer, Charles 
Ingalls, Charles W. 
Ingalls, J. Richard 
Irey, Charles W. 
Irvin, John E. 
Irwin, Morris E. 
Irvine, William J. 
Jackson, J. U. 
Jackson, Lewis 
Jackson, Marcus P. 
Jacobs, Thomas F. 
Jacoby, Callie 
Jaeger, August H. 
James, Herbert E. 
Jaques, John B. 
Jaques, William A. 
Jarrett, Hugh D. 
Jarvis, Maurice H. 
Jenkins, Zachary T. 
Johnson, Albert 
Johnson, Alonzo B. 
Johnson, Charles D. 
Johnson, Charles E. 
Johnson, Charles P. 
Johnson, George 
Johnson, George V. 
Johnson, James R. 

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Johnson, Jennie G. 
Johnson, Jerome V. 
Johnson, Joe M. 
Johnson, Louis C. 
Johnson, Robert A. 
Johnson, Ruch C. 
Johnson, Vassar 
Johnson, Virginia M. 
Johnstone, Geo. D. 
Jones, Charles E. 
Jones, Clay 
Jones, Frank O. 
Jones, James I. 
Jones, Maxwell L. 
Jones, R. Norman 
Jones, Wm. G. 
Jordan, Caledonius E. 
Joseph, Mrs. A. W. 
Judson, Harry B. 
Julian, Renne A. 
Jullien, Augustine M. 
Kane, James 
Kauffman, George S. 
Kauffman, Harry B. 
Kauffman, John A. 
Kauffman, Joseph C. 
Kauffman, Wm. H. 
Kause, John L. 
Keefe, John E. 
Keefer, Joseph I. 
Kelchner, Harry N. 
Kelly, Jer. R. 
Kelly, John L. 
Kelly, Laban G. 
Kemon, Frank C. 
Kemp, Thomas W. 
Kendall, Jerome 
Kendrick, Harry 
Keneipp, Charles L. 
Kenney, Louis P. 
Kern, Frank W. 
Kidd, Frank A. 
Kieffer, Shelley K. 
Kihlbom, Frank W. 
Kildare, Daniel A. 
Kimmel, F. Frank 
King, Albert H. 
King, Edward J. 
King, J. Ligon 
King, John F. 
King, Robert E. 
King, W. Marden 
Kinsolving, Walter A. 
Kirby, Samuel G. 
Kirby, William L. 
Kirkland, William 
Kirkley, Charles W. 
Kirsch, Benedict 
Kitson, E. Finley 
Kitzmiller, Herve W. 



Klapp, Al. G. 
Klapp, Daniel N. 
Klinknett, George G. 
Klopfer, Frank E. 
Kluge, Leroy E. 
Knapp, Ernest P. 
Knapp, Harry C. 
Knight, Albert C. 
Knoble, Max. J. 
Knowles, Lewis O. 
Knowles, William H. 
Knox, James H. 
Koeblitz, John H. 
Koockogey, Gover M. 
Koon, Leonard W. 
Koonce, Charles G. 
Koons, Sheridan C. 
Kottmann, Henry W. 
Krause, Wm. C. 
Kreiter, J. Monroe 
Kuhns, Albert W. 
Kurtz, Harry L. 
Lacock, James K. 
Lambert, William C. 
Lamson, John R. 
Langdon, Henry D. 
Lange, Josepha A. 
Langford, Sidney W. 
Larcombe, Ben. F. 
Larman, Oscar W. 
Lathan, Edward F. 
Laufer, August F. 
Laughton, Lyman J. 
LaVigne, C. E. 
Laws, Edward H. 
Lawson, Ed. A. M. 
Layer, Charles W. 
Leach, Eugene W. 
Lear, George C. 
Leath, William M. 
Leavitt, William M. 
Lecraw, Raymond H. 
Lee, Walter J. 
Leeds, Charles H. 
Leffler, Milton L. 
LeGrys, Ernest 
Lehmann, Joseph R. 
Leighton, Charles H. 
Leith, Arthur T. 
Le Merle, Arthur M. 
Lenhart, Lizzie W. 
Lenoii, Samuel H. 
Lentz, Chauncey C. 
Lentz, William H. 
Lerch, Frank S. 
Lesher, Jacob C. 
Lester, Zolo V. 
Levey, Bernard J. 
Lewis, Frederick M. 
Lewis, William E. 



Lewis, Winslow 
Liddle, Daniel 
Lightcap, John C. 
Ligon, John D. 
Lineback, Ben. A. 
Lippincott, Louis R. 
Lisner, Chas. H. 
Little, George K. 
Livermore, Wm. H. 
Lloyd, David T. 
Lloyd, Frank M. 
Lofland, Harry 
Long, Charles 
Long, Chas. W. 
Long, Frank H. 
Long, Frank N. 
Long, Guy A. 
Loomis, Carrie E. 
Loughran, John M. 
Love, William R. 
Lowd, H. D. 
Lowd, Percy I. 
Lowe, Harry J. 
Lowrey, James H. 
Luitich, John F. 
Lund, Johannes C. V. 
Lynch, Riddick L. 
Lynch, Stewart L. 
Lyons, David R. 
McAloon, Thomas A. 
McCallum, Daniel 
McCallum, Peter M. 
McCann, Joseph W. 
McCardell, Oliver C. 
McCardell, T. E. 
McCarthy, Timothy 
McCarty, Daniel J. 
McCarty, David J. 
McCarty, T. Doran 
McCauley, James M. 
McClain, Thos. J. 
McCleery, John F. 
McClure, Carroll 
McClure, Theophilus 
McClurg, Harper J. 
McCollum, Wm. W. 
McConnel, David S. 
McCormack, H. P. 
McCormick, Edward 
McCormicK, J. U. 
McCreery, Thos. R. 
McCurdy, Albert J. 
McCurdy, William S. 
McDaniel, J. C, Jr. 
McDaniel, William S. 
McDermott, Frank 
McDonald, Claude B. 
McDonald, Teresa 
McDonough, S. F. 
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McElfresh, Henry M. 
McEnaney, William 
McEneany, Thos. L. 
McEvoy, William J. 
McEwen, Alex. W. 
McEwen, E. H. 
McFadden, Daniel 
McFadyen, Frank R. 
McFarland, J. W. 
McFarlane, William 
McGarraghy, A. 
McGinness, John F. 
McGowan, Henry T. 
McKay, Elmore K. 
McKenley, Wm. R. 
McKenna, Edw. D. 
McKenna, Michael P. 
McKenzie, David G. 
McKinish, A. H. 
McKinsey, Cornelius 
McKnight, Rufus D. 
McLaughlin, John M. 
McLean, Harry C. 
McLean, Richard A. 
McLean, William H. 
McMichael, N. M. 
McMillan, Arthur J. 
McMullen, Chas. A. 
McNeil, Donald C. 
McNeir, George A. R. 
Mc Nelly, Arthur 
McNelly, Wilson D. 
Macallister, James O. 
Macdonald, Wm. S. 
Mackley, David L. 
Maclaren, Duncan 
Mac Master, Harry R. 
Mac Murray, Chas. J. 
Madden, Ira 
Maddox, John T. 
Magers, Wm. A. 
Mahan, Henry B. 
Maher, Michael J. 
Mahoney, Daniel A. 
Mahoney, Kane 
Malcolm, George L. 
Maley, John 
Mallard, Claude I. 
Mallory, Ola 
Maloney, Francis R. 
Maloney, James M. 
Maloney, Matthew A. 
Maloney, Thomas P. 
Maloney, Wm. W. 
Maloy, Frank J. 
Mander, Charles W. 
Mann, Benjamin F. 
Mann, Joseph D. 
Marchman, I. H. 
Marion, Vincent S. 



Markell, Edward W. 
Marlnee, Fred. J. 
Marschalk, Wm. A. 
Marshall, Sidney J. 
Martin, Andrew T. 
Martin, Arthur F. 
Martin, Lester S. 
Martin, Robert A. 
Martin, William K. 
Martin, William T. 
Marvin, Daniel J. 
Marye, Sidney T. 
Massey, John A., Jr. 
Mathers, James W. 
Mathias, Harry L. 
Matlack, James B. 
Mattingly, I. S. 
Mattocks, William L. 
Maul, Allen A. 
May, Edward L. 
Mayers, Robert H. 
Maynard, James E. 
Mayo, Oscar B. 
Meagher, Chas. J. 
Meany, Michael J. 
Mears, Robert J. 
Mee, John W. 
Melick, Francis H. 
Mellis, John C. 
Menaugh, Walter L. 
Meridith, Albert A. 
Merillat, W. Herbert 
Merriam, George R. 
Meritt, Katherine S. 
Metzung, John W. 
Meyer, Gerhardt A. 
Meyer, William F. 
Meyers, William H. 
Michael, John W. 
Miller, Clarence W. 
Miller, Daniel 
Miller, Emmert M. 
Miller, Frank F. S. 
Miller, Harry T. 
Miller, Henry S. 
Miller, Horace 
Miller, James H. 
Miller, James W. 
Miller, John J. 
Miller, Joseph F. 
Miller, Robert M. 
Mills, J. Herbert 
Milton, Philip B. 
Mitchell, Marcy M. 
Mitchell, Thomas A. 
Mitchell, William A. 
Moffat, Frank A. 
Mohr, Homer M. 
Moler, Robert L. . 
Monagan, George A. 



Monahan, Thomas F. 
Monninger, Chas. E. 
Montague, F. M. P. 
Montgomery, Geo. F. 
Montgomery, H. F. 
Montgomery, J. M. 
Moore, Oliver J. 
Moore, Thomas P.- 
Moore, William F. 
Moores, Edward S. 
Moorhead, E. S., Jr. 
Moran, John W. 
Morcock, Edward W. 
Morgan, Arthur S. 
Morgan, Charles A. 
Morgan, Edward 
Morgan, Jacob C. 
Morgan, Jesse W. 
Morgan, Samuel M. 
Morgan, Thomas F. 
Morgan, Walter D. 
Morris, Robert S. 
Morris, Samuel 
Morris, William A. 
Morrison, Edward F. 
Morrison, George J. 
Morrison, John R. 
Morse, E. F. 
Morsell, John T. 
Morton, Albert A. 
Morton, Charles E. 
Morton, Leander M. 
Mosher, George B. 
Moss, Charles 
Moss, John R. 
Moulden, Jar vis B. 
Moyer, Nelson P. 
Mullen, Charles F. 
Mullen, James Henry 
Mullen, Samuel E. 
Murnan, Unger C. 
Murphey, William H. 
Murphy, James J. 
Murray, Don L. 
Murray, Edward P. 
Murray, Harry D. 
Murray, Harry L. 
Murray, H. C. 
Murray, James J. 
Murray, John P. 
Murray, Joseph D. 
Musick, Samuel H. 
Myers, Ellis G. 
Myers, William B. . 
Nace, Charles L. 
Nachman, Philip 
Nalley, John H. 
Nails, M. Allen 
Nash, William E. 
Nathan, Aaron R<. 

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Nay lor, Louis P. 
Naylor, William J. 
Nelson, Alonzo C. 
Nelson, Charles B. 
Nelson, W. M. 
Nesbitt, Henry A. 
Nevils, Edward M. 
Nevius, Marvin J. 
Newell, George W. 
Newlon, Jefferson D. 
Newsom, Hubert 
Nichols, William F. 
Nicholson, C. E. 
Nicholson, Irwin A. 
Nobles, Fred. I. 
Nock, N. Norman 
Nolan, William F. 
Noone, Daniel P. 
Norris, Elmo D. 
Norris, Fred. 
Nothnagel, Henry A. 
Obermeyer, Herman 
Ogg, Albert E. 
Ogle, George H. 
Onyun, John A. 
Openshaw, John A. 
Orth, J. Fred. 
Oser, Joseph 
Osthaus, French R. 
Outcault, Harry J. 
Oyster, Edward W. 
O'Brien, John A. 
O'Brien, William F. 
O'Brien, Wm. J. C. 
O'Connell, Charles 
O'Connell, Chas. M. 
O'Connell, Daniel 
O'Connell, Jeremiah 
O'Connell, John J. 
O'Connell, William G. 
O'Connor, James J. 
O'Connor, John T. 
O'Donnell, Harry 
O'Donnoghue, John 
O'Hern, John J. 
O'Keefe, Ambrose 
O'Neal, John C. 
O'Neal, Joseph B. 
O'Neill, Charles I. 
O'Neill, John 
Padgett, Arthur F. 
Padgett, Frank H. 
Pafnow, Charles W. 
Page, Randolph H. 
Paland, August 
Palmateer, Harry 
Parker, Andrew L. 
Parker, Frank W. 
Parker, T. Bernard 
Parker, Robert W. 



Parr, Wm. J. 
Parsons, Lula C. 
Parsons, May M. 
Parsons, Thomas C. 
Partridge, Guy E. 
Passman, Herman F. 
Patch, Everton J. 
Pate, Claude A. 
Patterson, Edward H. 
Patterson, Levi H. 
Patterson, L. Hearn 
Patton, W. H. 
Payne, James E. 
Peacock, Wm. 
Peake, Charles P. 
Peake, Millard F. 
Pearl, Samuel A. 
Pease, George H. 
Peden, Hugh L. 
Peed, Richard S. 
Pendarvis, Claude E. 
Penn, Frederick M. 
Peppier, Louis D. 
Perkins, James S. 
Perry, Benjamin O. 
Perry, Charles G. 
Perry, J. D. 
Persinger, Jacob 
Phelps, William C. 
Phillips, George P. 
Phillips, J. H. 
Phillips, John Andrew 
Pierce, Orton T. 
Pierce, William L. 
Pierson, August 
Pigott, Morris 
Pike, John A. 
Polkinhorn, Jos. H. 
Porter, Frank C. 
Post, Lucian H. 
Potter, Albert E. 
Powers, Richard 
Pratt, William A. 
Prescott, Guy L. 
Prescott, Ralph H. 
Presley, Henry M. 
Preuss, Bernhardt R. 
Price, Clint O. 
Price, Lonell A. 
Price, Sam S. 
Proctor, George H. 
Proctor, John C. 
Prosser, Daniel N. 
Pry or, Henry D. 
Puckette, Chas. J. C. 
Pulliam, Scott G. 
Purdy, Charles F. 
Purvis, John R. 
Putnam, John F. t Jr. 
Pyne, Frank E. 



Quady, John C. 
Quigley, Francis T. 
Quinn, John F. 
Quinn, John J. 
Quirk, Nellie 
Radley, Charles W. 
Ragan, Mary E. 
Ragland, H. Lee 
Ragland, Samuel B. 
Ramey, Nellie V. 
Ramsey, George M. 
Randall, William A. 
Ransom, Philip M. 
Rastall, John E. 
Ratcliffe, Con. B. 
Ray, James T. 
Razey, Frank T. 
Read, Charles A. 
Rebuschatis, William 
Reddy, John C. 
Redfield, Edward L. 
Redfield, Harry J. 
Redfield, Walter L. 
Reed, Harrison 
Reed, John F. 
Reed, Oscar A. 
Reed, William I. 
Reeder, Park M. 
Regan, Clarissa B. 
Reichards, E. B. 
Reid, Hugh 
Reily, Wm. P. 
Reilly, John M. 
Reinhart, J. S. 
Reinmuth, Ed. 
Remsen, Elmer E. 
Reynolds, Joseph W. 
Rhine, John H. 
Richards, Elmer E. 
Richards, Lemuel C. 
Richardson, Wm. P. 
Richmond, Marion B. 
Riddle, Alpheus E. 
Riddleberger, R. E. 
Rider, Robert W. 
Ridings, Stanley H. 
Riedel, Francis M. 
Riedl, Wm. A., Jr. 
Riggleman, Chas. A. 
Rightstine, M. K. 
Rigney, Patrick A. 
Ring, Timothy M. 
Ripley, Henry L. 
Rippard, George 0. 
Rissler, James M. 
Robbins, Carrie A. 
Roberson, James R. 
Roberts, Augustus L. 
Roberts, David J. 
Roberts. Flournoy C. 

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Roberts, James G. 
Roberts, John T. 
Roberts, LaRue A. 
Roberts, William A. 
Robinson, Charles M. 
Robinson, George W. 
Robinson, Harriett E. 
Robinson, Robert, Sr. 
Roche, Walter T. 
Rock, Andrew A. 
Rodier, Henry, T. 
Roeder, Charles H. 
Roehn, Henry A. 
Rogers, A. M. 
Rogers, James B. 
Rohm, Edward L. 
Roller, Frank M. 
Rooney, Frances T. 
Rooney, James F. 
Roseman, Fannie 
Ross, James H. 
Rossall, Arthur H. 
Rote, Edwin C. 
Rouleau, Wilfrid 
Rousseau, Frank S. 
Rowe, Thomas J. 
Rowe, William H. 
Rowell, Dennison P. 
Rowen, William B. 
Rudy, Charles E. 
Rueth, Lawrence J. 
Ruff, Valentine 
Runyan, Lee J. 
Russell, Lillian M. 
Rust, Albert D., Jr. 
Ryan, Edward H. 
Saloman, Samuel 
Saltzman, Ernest C. 
Sanders, Robert E. 
Sandifer, E. Graham 
Sandoe, David L. 
Sansom, Daniel L. 
Sappington, J. B. 
Sarr, George W. 
Sauter, Balsey F. 
Sauter, Harry F. 
Saxton, Edward 
Sayles, Charles E. 
Scammell, Robert S. 
Scannell, Joseph A. 
Schildroth, Henry T. 
Schinnerer, William 
Schleif , George W. 
Schley, George J. 
Schmalhoff, Wm. L. 
Schmaling, Joseph W. 
Schneider, Louis W. 
Schoeneman, Geo. L. 
Schooley, Elmer E. 
Schram, Martin 



Schroen, Paul A. 
Schwartz, Bernard 
Schwing, Frank A. 
Scott, Gurnon R. 
Scott, James A. 
Scrivener, F. Evarts 
Sehorn, George H. 
Seibold, George G. 
Seiffert, Frank D. 
Sengstack, Charles H. 
Serrano, Michael N. 
Shaed, Gregory W. 
Shaffer, George W. 
Shaifer, Carl H. 
Shank, H. L. 
Shanks, Milo 
Sharp, I. Walter 
Sharp, Todd C. 
Shaw, Arthur L. 
Shaw, Edmund 
Shaw, Jeddiah 
Shaw, John S. 
Shaw, Will B. 
Sheaffer, John E. 
Sheehan, Joseph E. 
Shelton, Charles R. 
Shelton, Forrest C. 
Shepard, Edward J. 
Shephard, S. N. 
Sheridan, John 
Sheriff, Dale C. 
Sherman, George L. 
Sherman, Howard E. 
Sherman, John W. 
Shields, Wm. D. S. 
Shipley, Fletcher V. 
Shipman, Nellie H. 
Shirley, James D. 
Sholl, Alpheus 
Shott, Elmer E. 
Shrigley, Jacob T. 
Shutterly, Charles S. 
Sickels, Charles E. 
Siewers, M. DeW. 
Sill, William S. 
Silverberg, Joseph 
Simas, John A. 
Simons, Wellington F. 
Simpson, Harry C. 
Simpson, Josephine 
Simpson, Stephens M. 
Simpson, Thomas C. 
Sims, George R. 
Singleton, Otis J. 
Sipher, William M. 
Sipos, Victor L. 
Sizer, Charles M. 
Skeen, William D. 
Skelly. Joseph B. 
Slaughter, Henry P. 



Sleigh, Wm. B. 
Slentz, Charles E. 
Sloan, Frank J. 
Smalley, Charles E. 
Smart, James F. 
Smeltzer, Jacob R. 
Smith, Arthur StA. 
Smith, Bernardin 
Smith, Charles 
Smith, Chas. L. 
Smith, Eugene F. 
Smith, Frank B. 
Smith, Frank D. 
Smith, Frank J. 
Smith, Henry M. 
Smith, James M. 
Smith, John E. 
Smith, John H. 
Smith, John P. 
Smith, Joseph F. 
Smith, Otto F. 
Smith, Samuel C. W. 
Smith, Shelby 
Smith, Stephen 
Smith, W. Hennessy 
Smith, William A. 
Smith, Wm. O. 
Smithson, John V. 
Smouse, Geo. E. 
Snyder, John W. 
Southland, Harry K. 
Southwick, Harvey J. 
Sower, Chas. W. 
Sowers, James C. 
Sparks, George C. 
Spence, David M. 
Spence, James F. 
Spencer, Frank R. 
Spencer, John C. 
Spencer, Maurice 
Sprucebank, James 
Stahl, Jerome B. 
Stanford, Wilmer W. 
Stanley, Edward P. 
Stanton, Charles E. 
Staples, Edward C. 
Starr, Robert C. 
Statler, Martin L. 
Stecker, Martin G. 
Steele, Philip S. 
Stenner, Robert E. 
Stephens, L. Charles 
Stephenson, E. T. 
Stevens, Martin V. B. 
Stidham, Benjamin L. 
Stimpson, Sarah E. 
Stocker, Ralph G. 
St oil, George 
Stone, Charles H. 
Stone, Everett M. 

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Stone, Hal. E. 
Stonesifer, Victor H. 
Stoops, Nulen C. 
Stormont, William T. 
Stout, Jacob H. 
Straughan, Chas. W. 
Strausbaugh, N. W. 
Street, Frank W. 
Stretch, Charles A. 
Striblingjk Cornelius K. 
Stuart, William M. 
Stull, George H. 
Sturgis, John R. 
Sturm, Edward H. 
Stutsman, Charles 
Suess, Anthony 
Sullivan, Charles F. 
Sullivan, Edwin A. 
Sullivan, Jas. B. 
Sullivan, James L. 
Sullivan, Jeremiah J. 
Sullivan, John C. 
Summers, Charles W. 
Summers, Robert W. 
Supplee, Joseph E. 
Surguy, Arthur E. 
Surguy, Thomas N. 
Sutor, Louis P. 
Sutton, Henry S, 
Sutton, P. P. 
Swain, Benjamin H. 
Swayne, Emerson B. 
Swazfaber, O. W. 
Sweeney, Harry B. 
Sweeney, Thos. A. 
Sweeney, William J. 
Swiggett, Henry L. 
Swinburne, Joseph B. 
Switzer, Fred. W. 
Swope, John H. 
Symonds, Arthur J. 
Tabler, Edwin H. 
Talbot, Percy J. 
Talbott, William T. 
Tallman, George B. 
Tappan, William F. 
Taylor, Charles S. 
Taylor, David A. 
Taylor, Frances L. 
Taylor, Ira 
Taylor, Samuel W. 
Terwilliger, George 
Thayer, Lewis M. 
Theaker, Nellie 
Thomas, James H. 
Thompson, Edgar 
Thompson, Frank M. 
Thompson, Harry 
Thompson, Joseph M. 
Thomson, Alfred 



Thomson, H. C. 
Thomson, Robt. B. 
Thornberg, Frank E. 
Thornton, Wm. A. 
Thrush, John H. W. 
Tibbetts, James E. 
Tiller, Frances A. 
Tilley, Stephen B. 
Tomlin, J. Irving 
Tomlin, Tim 
Tompkins, Charles E. 
Tompkins, H. F. 
Topham, Richard B. 
Topper, John E. 
Towers, Mark E. 
Town, Henry C. 
Townsend, Robert L. 
Trainham, Edgar N. 
Travis, Charles N. 
Trefts, Allie 
True, William F. 
Tuck, Frank A. 
Tucker, Arthur F. 
Tuite, John 
Turnbull, Andrew 
Turner, James A. D. 
Turner, Wm. A. H. 
Tuttle, George A. 
Tuttle, Lewis C. 
Tyrrell, David E. 
Unger, Clay J. 
Vanarsdell, James W. 
Van Bibber, Wm. H. 
Van DeBogert, H. 
Van Hoesen, Fred. 
Van Hook, Charles H. 
Van Horn, Albert C. 
Vaughan, Dan. C. 
Vivian, Garnet 
Vliet, Clarence J. 
Vogel, Conrad T. 
Vogler, William M. 
Vogt, Louis C. 
Vogts, Edward A. 
Von Ostermann, G. F. 
Wade, Thomas L. 
Wadsworth, Arthur J. 
Wagner, Charles J. 
Waidelich, Geo. 
Walker, Fred S. 
Walker, William S. 
Wall, Stephen R. 
Wallace, Ella M. 
Wallace, James K. 
Wallace, J; Solomon 
Waller, William C. F. 
Wallis, Jas. B. 
Walsh, Jeremiah 
Walsmith, Joseph S. 
Walsmith, William F. 



Walters, Gary E. 
Walton, David S. 
Walton, Stephen T. 
Walton, William H. 
Wands, A. Evans 
Ward, Frank J. 
Ward, Ritchie F. 
Ware, Horace B. 
Ware, John M. 
Warner, Edwin N. 
Warrener, James, Jr. 
Waterman, Jason 
Waterman, Thos. J. 
Watkins, Harry A. 
Watson, Alexander J. 
Watts, Nathan G. 
Waudby, Leslie D. 
Waudby, William S. 
Way, Will H. 
Wayson, John E. 
Weaver, William E. 
Webb, Arthur C. 
Webb, Elias S. 
Webb, M. Henry 
Weber, Henry W. 
Webster, Charles F. 
Webster, Ozias S. 
Weeks, Lafayette D. 
Weidman, Godfrey F. 
Weiss, William J. 
Weitzel, John B. 
Welch, Franklin 
Welch, William N. 
Welcker, Ernest R. 
Weller, Mason P. 
Wendal, Isaac H. 
Werneke, Fred. M. 
West, James A. 
West, John T. 
Weston, Frederick F. 
Weston, Lewis 
Whalen, James M.. 
Whalen, J. W., Jr. 
Wheat, Eli M. 
Wheeler, Geo. A. 
Whitcomb, Henry D. 
White, Barth. C. 
White, Frederick A. 
White, May D. 
White, William F. P. 
White, William J. 
Whitehead, Fred. N. 
Whitford, Victor L. 
Whitlock, Wm. 
Whitman, Donald E. 
Whitman, Frank H. 
Whittaker, Horace W 
Whittemore, E. S. 
Whyte, Joseph C. 
Wienecke, Henry 

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Wild, Edward S. 
Wiley, James H. 
Wiley, Philip W. 
Wilhelm, Charles M. 
Wilhide, Robert B. 
Wilhoit, Augustus L. 
Wilkins, James H. 
Willard, Clayton E. 
Willey, Samuel H. 
Williams, Charles W. 
Williams, Clarence E 
Williams, Clifton L. 
Williams, George C 
Williams, John H. 
Williams, Joseph 
Williams, Sandy A 
Williams, S. E. 
Williams, William 
Williamson, Isaac D. 
Willingham, Alex. M 
Willis, James 
Willis, Dewite 
Willis, Theo. P. C. 
Wilmeth, Warner L. 
Wilson, Anna C. 
Wilson, Clarence 
Wilson, George G. 
Wilson, Harry W. 
Wilson, John C. 
Wilson, John M. 
Wilson, Julius L. C. 
Wilson, Nellie V. 
Wilson, Robert A. 
Wilson, Robert C. 
Winkler, Herman 
Winsey, Herbert 
Winters, Louis 
Wise, Samuel G. 
Withall, Judson J. 
Wolfe, Bert V. 
Wood, Edward J. 
Wood, George B. 
Wood, James M. 
Wood, Mendon 
Wood, Warren C. 
Woodgate, George J. 
Woodward, Luther 
Woolfolk, B. A. 
Woulfe, J. Allan 
Wright, Charles M. 
Wright, Julian C. 
Wright, Thos. B. R 
Wright, William H. 
Yater, Charles B. 
Yates, John C. 
Yates, Richard H. 
Yeager, Heber K. 
Yerger, Mathias B. 
York, Don H. 
Youart, Robert E. 



Young, Charles E. 
Young, Howell D. 
Young, Scott K. 
Young, Willis E. 
Ziegler, Charles J. 
Ziegler, Harry W. 
Zwicker, Hugo 

AT THE HOME. 

Alford, James R. 
Evers, Eva C. 



SUPERANNUATED 

Chandler, James P. 
Cuddy, Matthias 



Darlington, James R. 
Fell, Jennie E. 
Snelling, George E. 
Tarlton, Henry C. 
Tenley, William H. 

HONORARY. 

Benedict, Th. E. 
Erny, Charles 
Farquhar, John M. 
Gallinger, Jacob H. 
Hall, Dr. Arthur, Jr. 
Harries, George H. 
Heath, Perry S. 
Kerr, Robert W. 
Leach, John S. 
Moore, Willis L. 



Ralston, Jackson H. 
Topham, Washington 
Trace well, Robert J. 



APPRENTICE. 

Cross, Chas. E. 
Ferber, Chas. L. 
Ferber, John J. 
Gathgens, Clause 
Green, Donald R. 
Jones. Thos. W. 
O'Brien, John A. 
Purcell, James A. 
Roberts, Lawrence 
Schooley, Leslie B. 
Warren, Chas. J. 




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75 



I. T. U. Honors Conferred on Members 
of No. 101 

International honors were conferred upon 
many members of No. 101, William R. McLean 
being president of the I. T. U. June 2, 1873, 
to June 1, 1874, and Samuel Haldeman from 
June 5, 1879, to June 11, 1880. Both of these 
gentlemen are well remembered by a great 
many members of No. 101. Possessing quali- 
ties that endeared them to the entire craft, it 
is small wonder that they should be called to 
occupy the highest office within the gift of the 
International. 

Other Columbia Union members who were 
elected to serve the International Union 
were as follows : 

1874 — W. D. Redfield, second vice president. 

1879 — Jackson H. Ralston, International delegate to the Paris 
Exposition. Mr. Ralston, a successful member of the bar in this 
city, is an honorary member of No. 101. He was the legal adviser 
of the Union during the eight-hour strike in 1906. 

1880 — Andrew J. Preall, second vice president. 

1883 — William Briggs, secretary-treasurer. Mr. Briggs was 
re-elected in 1884. 

1884 — August Donath, delegate to the Federation of Trades. 

1886 — August Donath, trustee of the Childs-Drexel Fund, for 
five years. Charles Gamewell, second vice president. Julian 
L. Wright, delegate to the Federation of Trades. Mr. Gamewell 
was re-elected in 1887. 

1888 — Columbus Hall, second vice president. Re-elected in 1889. 

1890 — August Donath, Columbus Hall, Amos J. Cummings, 
trustees of the Union Printers Home. 

1891 — August Donath, Columbus Hall, trustees of the Home. 
W. E. Shields, delegate to the American Federation of Labor. 

1892 — H. C McFarland, second vice president. Columbus Hall, 
trustee of the Home. 

1893 — H. C McFarland, second vice president. Columbus Hall, 
trustee of the Home. 



1894-95 — James A. Power, organizer. 

1902-03 — William M. Garrett, delegate to the American Federa- 
tion of Labor. E. W. Patton, trustee of the Home. 

1908 to 1914— Anna C. Wilson, trustee of the Home. 

1912-13— F. C. Roberts, Agent of the Home. 

1914 — Joe M. Johnson, Agent of the Home. 

This list does not include committeemen and representatives who 
were appointed by the International officers. 




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The Union Printers Home 

By John C. Daley 
Superintendent, 

THE Union Printers Home, located at Col- 
orado Springs, Colo., erected and main- 
tained by members of the International 
Typographical Union, is the pride and glory 
of the craft and the admiration of the many 
thousand visitors who annually inspect this 
great monument to the fraternalistic spirit 
of the Union printers of North America. 

Over 57 years ago, at the session of the then 
National Typographical Union, held at New 
Orleans, La., the first proposition was made to 
establish a home, or asylum, for aged and 
infirm printers. The idea apparently was not 
seriously considered at that time, however, 
and the question again was discussed at several 
succeeding conventions, without any definite 
action being taken. 

At the Pittsburgh session in 1886 the needed 
impetus was given to the home movement by 
the presentation to the convention of a check 
for $10,000 signed jointly by George W. 
Childs and Anthony J. Drexel, both of Phila- 
delphia, Mr. Childs having been an employer 
of Union printers for many years. The letter 
transmitting the check said that it was given 
"without condition or suggestion of any kind, 
as an absolute gift, in full confidence that the 
sagacious and conservative counselors of your 
Union will make or order wise use of it for 
the good of the Union." 

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The Union printers of the country augmented 
this fund to such an extent during the next 
four years that it had swelled to more than 
$25,000 when the convention met at Atlanta, 
Ga., in 1890. Definite plans had then been 
agreed upon for the establishment of a home 
for aged and afflicted members, 80 acres of 
land lying one mile east of Colorado Springs 
having been donated to the International 
Typographical Union by the citizens of that 
city on condition that a home be erected thereon 
within two years at a cost of not less than 
$20,000. 

That the printers more than made good on 
the stipulation is testified to by the fact that 
they dedicated the first building erected on 
the grounds on May 12, 1892 — the birthday of 
Mr. Childs — after an expenditure for building 
and furnishing of over $70,000, and had a 
surplus left of $13,000. The building is of 
white lava stone, with red sandstone trimmings, 
and is 144 feet long by 44 feet wide. 

Soon after the erection of the main building 
it became apparent that an additional structure 
would be necessary to properly care for tuber- 
cular patients, who largely predominated 
among the residents of the Home, and in 1 898 
what is known as the Hospital Annex was 
completed at a cost of $22,000. A laundry 
and heating plant costing $12,500 and a 
$3,500 cottage for the use of the superintendent 
were also added. Later improvements consist 
of a library addition, containing 10,000 vol- 
umes; an open-air pavilion, solarium, cattle 
barns and sheds, greenhouses, carpenter and 
paint shops, etc. 

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In 1904 specially constructed tents were 
erected for the treatment more particularly of 
those afflicted with pulmonary troubles, 20 of 
these tents being now located near the Annex. 
They have hardwood floors, built-in wardrobes, 
sanitary washstands and drawers, and are- 
steam heated, lighted by electricity, and have 
electric call bells. Experiments with these 
tents so far have amply demonstrated their 
efficiency in the treatment of lung trouble. 

Altogether the Union Printers Home is one 
of the best appointed institutions of its char- 
acter in the country, and is maintained abso- 
lutely by money contributed monthly by 
members of the International Typographical 
Union. Aside from the Childs-Drexel gift of 
$10,000 the Home has received but one 
endowment, that being a bequest of $1,100 by 
Julia A. Ladd, of Shirley, Mass. In 1912 an 
additional tract of 160 acres was purchased 
adjoining the original 80 acres, and conserva- 
tive estimates now place the value of the Home 
property at $1,000,000. 

There are now 178 residents domiciled at 
the institution, and everything is at hand to 
restore health to the afflicted and make less 
burdensome the remaining years of the super- 
annuated. A landscape gardener is regularly 
employed and the floral beauty of the grounds 
is unsurpassed. 

The Union Printers Home also has the 
added distinction of being the only institution 
of its kind in the world. 



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